Tennis - Billie Jean King Cup - Finals - O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic - November 2, 2021 Australia's Storm Sanders celebrates winning her group stage singles match against Belgium's Elise Mertens REUTERS/David W Cerny
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Australia's Storm Sanders and Daria Gavrilova dug deep to record upset victories in their singles rubbers against Belgium to help the team win 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Tuesday.
The 131st-ranked Sanders rallied to a 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0 win over world number 18 Elise Mertens in their Group B tie on the O2 Arena's Centre Court after Gavrilova beat Greet Minnen 6-4 1-6 6-4 in her first competitive match since February.
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