The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz will try to achieve the comeback for Europe today against the Rest of the World team, which wins 4-8, on the final day of the Laver Tennis Cup, which takes place in Berlin, Germany.
Alcaraz could play two matches: first the doubles match with the Norwegian Casper Ruud and then the hypothetical fourth and final match.
The last day of competition, which will be played uninterruptedly in duels that will be worth three points for the general classification and in which the European team only needs two wins to take the title.
The actions will start at 8 am with the doubles duel between the pair of Alcaraz and Ruud against the American pair of Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton.
Later it will continue with the individual clash between the Russian Daniil Medvedev and Shelton himself.
If necessary, the German Alexander Zverev and Tiafoe would face each other, first, and Alcaraz against Fritz.
Yesterday’s day ended with 8-4 in total score for those from the Rest of the World, after the victories of Tiafoe against Medvedev, of Alcaraz himself against Ben Shelton, of Fritz against Zverev and of the couple made up of the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and Shelton before Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Europe’s only victory came through the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, current champion of the French Open and Wimbledon.
He defeated Ben Shelton with sets of 6-4 and 6-4 with a break in each set.
Alcaraz saved five break points in the match, while Shelton lost his first sets in his fifth meeting in the competition.
Tiafoe, who reached the semifinals of the United States Open, beat Russian Daniil Medvedev, fifth in the ATP rankings, with sets of 3-6 and 6-4 (10-5). This was the first time in six attempts that the American defeated the Russian.
“Halfway through the second set and in the tiebreaker I felt like I was Roger Federer, honestly,” Tiafoe joked, watched by Federer himself from the stands.
Fritz, seventh in the world and finalist in the last US Open, surprised with a 6-4, 7-5 victory against Alexander Zverev, to achieve his third victory against the German.
The American had a great night, scoring 27 winners, compared to the 11 given by Zverev.
The competition, promoted by Federer, is held with a format similar to the Ryder Cup, in which the first team to reach 13 points ends up becoming champion.— EFE
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2024-10-03 22:01:23
