On the second day of the Laver Cup in Berlin, the tie between Team Europe and the world selection remains close. Spanish superstar Carlos Alcaraz won the exhibition tournament against the American Ben Shelton with 6:4, 6:4, meaning the European selection is tied at 4:4 after six matches.
On Saturday afternoon, Frances Tiafoe (USA) defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev 3:6, 6:4, 10:5, giving the world selection a 4:2 lead. After the first day of competition on Friday, the score was 2:2.
Germany’s top player Alexander Zverev, who lost his doubles match with Alcaraz against the Americans Taylor Fritz and Shelton on Friday, can put the European team in the lead on Saturday evening: He will face Fritz again in singles, as he did in the US Open quarter-finals a good two weeks ago.
Three singles and one doubles match are played every day in the show tournament. The three-set matches are counted towards the overall ranking: a win on Saturday gives two points, on Sunday three – 13 points are needed for the overall win.
The Laver Cup, co-organized by Roger Federer, is being held for the seventh time and is being held in Germany for the first time. Europe won the first four duels, and the world selection was victorious twice recently.
