Berlin: Team Europe has won the Laver Cup due to the strong performance of Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz. Europe defeated Team World 13-11. 21-year-old Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 in the last match on Sunday night.
Team Europe has won the Laver Cup for the 5th time. Earlier, Team Europe became the champion 3 years ago in 2021. After the victory, Alcaraz hugged captain Bjorn Borg and said ‘We have done this for you.’ Captain Borg ended his tenure with a 5-2 record over his competitor, friend and Team World captain John McEnroe.
On the third and final day of the tournament, Team Europe was trailing 4-8. In such a situation, the pair of Alcaraz and Rud won the first doubles match of the day against Ben Shelton and Francis Tiafoe 6-2, 7-6 and made the final score 7-8, but Dimitrov lost against Ben Shelton 7-6, 5-7, 7-10. Here Team World took the lead by 11-7.
In such a situation, Zverev and Alcaraz won their respective singles matches and earned 6 points and gave victory to the team. Zverev defeated Francis Tiafoe 6-7, 7-5, 10-5. While Alcaraz won 6-2, 7-5 over Taylor Fritz in the last and decisive match. Team Europe won 9 points by winning 3 matches on the last day and won the exciting tournament 13-11.
Laver Cup is a prestigious tennis tournament which is played between Team Europe and Team World. It started in 2017. This tournament is of 3 days. Both the teams participating in this 3 day tournament have 6 members each. One team includes European stars while the other team has top players from around the world.
There are 9 singles and 3 doubles matches in the tournament. Every day there is 1 doubles and 3 singles matches. Winning every match on the first day gives one point, while winning the match on the second day gives 2 points and winning the match on the third day gives 3 points. The team that reaches 13 points first becomes the champion.