Tennis: Team Europe in reserve at the Laver Cup

Team Europe has not yet lived up to its role as favourite at the Laver Cup in Berlin. After the second of three days, the world selection leads 8:4.

On Saturday, Frances Tiafoe defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz won against the exhausted local hero Alexander Zverev. Carlos Alcaraz was the only player to score points for Europe, beating Ben Shelton, who won the final doubles match with the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo against Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

After the first day, the score was 2:2, and on Saturday, each win was worth two points. On Sunday, each win is worth three points, so the Europeans still have a good chance of getting out of trouble. Otherwise, they would lose for the third time in a row after London 2022 (8:13) and Vancouver 2023 (2:13). 13 points are needed for overall victory.

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