Federer was enthusiastically celebrated by the 20,000 fans as soon as they entered the arena. Together with his long-time rival from Spain, he then once once more showed his old skills, even his knee held. At 12:25 a.m. local time, Sock converted the match point.
Federer was back on the field for the first time since losing the Wimbledon quarter-finals once morest Hubert Hurkacz a year ago, last year he had his right knee operated on for the third time.
Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas had previously given Team Europe a 2-1 lead. The Norwegian Ruud first defeated the American Jack Sock 6: 4, 5: 7, 10: 7 in London, then Tsitsipas (Greece) easily prevailed once morest the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6: 2, 6: 1. In the third individual, Australian Alex de Minaur shortened the gap by beating Andy Murray from Scotland 5:7, 6:3, 10:7.
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Schwartzman, however, had to cope with a moment of shock in his match. A climate activist ran onto the pitch during the match, sat down and lit a fire. He briefly set his right arm on fire. Security forces put out the small fire and carried the activist, who was wearing a T-shirt that read “No British private jets” on it, out of the hall.
Europe have all won the previous four editions of the clash once morest selections from the rest of the world. In the Laver Cup, there is one point for every win on the first day, two points on the second day and three points on the third day. The winner is the first team to get 13 points. Federer is no longer at the start this weekend.
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