Tennis - Billie Jean King Cup Finals - Slovakia v United States - Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena, Malaga, Spain - November 14, 2024 Slovakia's Viktoria Hruncakova and Tereza Mihalikova during their match against Ashlyn Krueger and Taylor Townsend of the U.S. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
(Reuters) - Japan and Slovakia produced stunning comebacks to beat Romania and the United States 2-1, respectively, and reach the quarter-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup on Thursday.
Viktoria Hruncakova and Tereza Mihalikova had to dig deep to beat Ashlyn Krueger and Taylor Townsend 6-3 3-6 10-8 in the match tie-break of a thrilling doubles that went into the early hours of Friday.
