Carlos Alcaraz won the last Laver Cup match this Sunday at the expense of Taylor Fritz, granting Team Europe its 5th title. For his first participation, the Spaniard greatly participated in the triumph of his team.
In sparkling form, Carlos Alcaraz tipped the scales in favor of Team Europe this Sunday during the decisive match of the Laver Cup. Facing Taylor Fritz, the Spaniard never wavered. Despite the American’s power, materialized among other things by 7 aces on serve, “Carlitos” quickly took off in the first set leading 5-1 before concluding the set 6-2. In the following act, the world number 3 was broken at 4-4 before reaccelerating to grant Team Europe its 5th trophy after two years of drought.
With Sunday’s matches counting for three points, Carlos Alcaraz brought eight points to Team Europe. Following his singles victory over Ben Shelton the day before, costing two points, he got the third day off to a perfect start by winning the doubles alongside Norway’s Casper Ruud against the American pair of Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe (6-2, 7-6(6)). However, this victory almost proved in vain as Ben Shelton got the better of Russia’s Daniil Medvedev ((6)6-7, 7-5, 10-7) and in the process pushed the players from the old continent back to one match away from defeat.
But in the second singles, Alexander Zverev overthrew Frances Tiafoe ((5)6-7, 7-5, 10-5) and offered a match point to Carlos Alcaraz who did not fail to convert it. The Spaniard adds another line to his list of achievements at the end of his first participation in this competition created by Roger Federer, present at the Uber Arena in Berlin this weekend to witness the exploits of captain Björn Borg’s men.
