{"id":45736,"date":"2026-04-12T05:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/british-teen-mika-stoisavljevic-scores-major-upset-in-billie-jean-king-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:02:48","slug":"british-teen-mika-stoisavljevic-scores-major-upset-in-billie-jean-king-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/british-teen-mika-stoisavljevic-scores-major-upset-in-billie-jean-king-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"British teen Mika Stoisavljevic scores major upset in Billie Jean King Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"content-reactions reactions-allowed \" data-behavior=\"content_reactions\" data-contentid=\"48445239\" data-nowid=\"1-48445239\" data-contenttitle=\"British teen Mika Stojsavljevic scores major upset in Billie Jean King cup\">\n<div class=\"content-reactions_reactions-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-button-wrapper\"><button class=\"icon-button reactions-button reactions-hover-button share-button user-not-parsed\" data-behavior=\"share_button\" aria-label=\"Share\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"share-popup\">\n<ul class=\"share-popup-list social-tracking-parent\" data-id=\"48445239\" data-name=\"British teen Mika Stojsavljevic scores major upset in Billie Jean King cup\" data-type=\"article\">\n<li><span class=\"copy-link-inner\"><span class=\"copy-link-inner-text share__label\"\/><span class=\"copy-link-success-icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>email<\/li>\n<li>print<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-reactions-extended-wrapper\"><button class=\"icon-button reactions-button main-reactions-button reactions-hover-button\"\/><button class=\"sr-only main-reactions-sr-only\">open extended reaction<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-reactions_count-wrapper\"><button class=\"icon-button reactions-button reactions-count-button reactions-hover-button\" data-native-bridge=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"reactions-skeleton-loading\">\n<div class=\"reactions-skeleton-left\"\/>\n<div class=\"reactions-skeleton-right\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>British teenager Mika Stoisavljevic scored a huge upset over Australia&#8217;s Talia Gibson on her Billie Jean King Cup debut in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Stoisavljevic, 17, overcame a gap of 219th place in the WTA rankings to win 7-6 (4), 7-5.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0410%2Fr1641299_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0410%2Fr1641299_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0410%2Fr1641299_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0410%2Fr1641299_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"\/><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 2024 US Open junior champions gave Britain the perfect start in qualifying as Anne Keosavong&#8217;s side look to make a breakthrough in the absence of Emma Raducanu, Sonai Kartal, Katie Boulter and Fran Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Alex Ila loses narrow decision to Jelena Ostapenko at Linz Open<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; <strong>Medvedev hits his racket after losing double bagel to Berrettini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stoisavljevic took an early 3-1 lead but needed a tiebreak to take the first set, successfully defending five break points and ending a see-saw second set that included five breaks of service.<\/p>\n<p>Stoisavljevic said: &#8220;I feel great. I can&#8217;t believe it. I can&#8217;t even remember the last point.&#8221; \u201cI had great support from the sidelines and was able to get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>email print open extended reaction British teenager Mika Stoisavljevic scored a huge upset over Australia&#8217;s Talia Gibson on her Billie Jean King Cup debut in Melbourne. Stoisavljevic, 17, overcame a gap of 219th place in the WTA rankings to win 7-6 (4), 7-5. 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