Updated
26/09/2021
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SHe knew of the superiority of the European team over the rest of the world before the start of the fourth edition of the Laver Cup. The thing is, no one could expect the Bjrn Borg guys to leave without emotion a competition that had been in previous editions of Prague, Chicago and Geneva..
Despite being played in Boston, theoretically territory in which the rest of the world acts as a local, the stands in the United States go with whoever wins.
After the 3-1 for Europe with which the first day of Friday ended, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev y Andrey Rubev, with Tsitsipas in the doubles, they raised the rent to 11-1.
That means that with just one win this Sunday, the trophy will remain in the hands of the European players.. Tsitsipas gave a good account of Nick Kyrgios by 6-3 and 6-4; Zverev then suffered to defeat John Isner by 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6) and 10-5; Medvedev stepped over Denis Shapovalov by 6-4 and 6-0 and Rublev and Tsitsipas did not even leave the crumbs to Kyrgios and Isner, also defeated 6-7 (8), 6-3 and 10-4.
Europe can sentence the victory if Rublev and Zverev beat Opelka and Shapovalov in the first round in a match that starts at 6:00 p.m. in Spain. It should be remembered that on the last day the victories are worth three points.
The result of the Boston Laver Cup reflects the current reality of the circuit where all the ‘top10’ belong to the old continent. The trend seems not to change because in the ‘Next Gen’ there are names like the Italian Jannik Sinner or the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.
