It was a tough gig for Barbora Krejcikova and Mirra Andreeva: command attention while England are playing an unexpectedly gripping soccer World Cup tie against DR Congo, but they delivered.
In a rollercoaster two hours, 46 minutes that completely overlapped the soccer, former champion Krejcikova came back to defeat the newly-crowned French Open winner 4-6 7-5 6-4, despite the Russian saving six match points as the Czech attempted to serve out at 5-3 in the third.
It was rich reward for those who forsook the Three Lions.
