Photos: It’s All Leveled in Strasbourg

The 2016 Fed Cup Final was off a very exciting start on Saturday as two thrilling singles matches kept fans on their feet in the European capital.

First off, Karolina Pliskova faced off with Kristina Mladenovic for what became an epic three and a half hour encounter thanks to Fed Cup’s rule of not having tie-breaks in the third set. Pliskova ended up winning the marathon affair, giving the Czech’s an early lead.

The Czech victory put the pressure on Carolina Garcia who was faced with the task of avoiding the French team to be 0-2 after day one, having to play Petra Kvitova. The Czech Fed Cup veteran didn’t have a particularly good day though, hitting more than 50 unforced errors on the way to…