Kristen Nuss isn’t entirely sure what came over her, or why. But on the bus ride over from the hotel to the site of the Espinho Elite16 on Saturday afternoon, she texted her mother, Audrey.
“Today’s the day,” she wrote.
Today’s the day Nuss and Taryn Kloth would finally, finally, finally beat Ana Patricia Silva and Duda Lisboa.
The world No. 1 had beaten Nuss and Kloth in all nine previous meetings, the most recent a 21-17...