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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.

What a team😍 Dasha & Garbiñe won 2/6-6/4-10/7 after a really good battle! They’re through to the QFs🔥 #NatureValleyClassic
📸: Getty pic.twitter.com/hKZYCcn4n1
— Daria Kasatkina FP (@kasatkinafp) June 18, 2018

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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:

Here’s the video of a point where Dasha hit a tweener (no sound sorry). They won the point! And the reaction at the end 😍 pic.twitter.com/5lw317lDwk
— Daria Kasatkina FP (@kasatkinafp) June 18, 2018

Of course, the fans were loving it:

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