This was Russia's fifth time winning the Billie Jean King Cup, but their first time since 2008.

Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova defeated the American pair of Shelby Rogers and Coco Vandeweghe, 6-3, 6-3, after the teams split the two singles matches of their semifinal.

The WTA stars went over 3000 meters atop Mount Blanc for a quick hit, blasting past Roger Federer’s 2005 record.

The defending champion and Olympic silver medalist each edged through their respective quarterfinal clashes without dropping a set.

Garin, Khachanov, Samsonova, Fucsovics, Golubic: watch out for this quintet.

The No. 25 seed became the last U.S. woman standing in the bottom half after three of her countrywomen bowed out on Friday.

The 22-year-old Russian not only captured her first WTA title and made a ranking breakthrough, she was also given a wild card to make her Wimbledon main-draw debut.

On Saturday, Belinda Bencic defeated Alize Cornet in the Berlin semifinals, while Matteo Berrettini overpowered Alex de Minaur in reaching the final at London's Queen's Club.