Kastakina, Muguruza join forces on the doubles court

In Birmingham, a new doubles team lit up the grounds. Daria Kastakina and Garbine Muguruza joined forces to take out No. 2 seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Barbora Strycova.

The singles standouts won in a dramatic deciding tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7. The new team was boosted by points like this which included a tweener from Kastakina:

Of course, the fans were loving it:

The Russian-Spanish pair next takes on Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke.