Team Europe started final day with narrow 7-5 lead.
Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli opened the day with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz before Alexander Zverev, the recent French and US Open champion, closed out the series with a 7-6, 6-3 win against Learner Tien.
The last non-European player to win a men’s grand slam title was Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro at the 2009 US Open.
A few hours after Zverev lost his first singles match against De Minaur from match point up, Alcaraz faced two match points against Fritz deep in their final set tiebreak.
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Team Europe started final day with narrow 7-5 lead.
Team Europe reclaimed their Laver Cup title with a dominant 13-5 victory against Team World on the final day of competition at the O2 Arena.
With each match worth three points on Sunday, Europe needed two victories out of the four remaining matches to win.
Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli opened the day with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz before Alexander Zverev, the recent French and US Open champion, closed out the series with a 7-6, 6-3 win against Learner Tien.
The No 2 Alexander Zverev, the No 3 Carlos Alcaraz and the No 7 Flavio Cobolli are all ranked more than Team World’s highest-ranked players, Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz, and there is just much more depth in a continent that has won the past 67 men’s grand slam titles. The last non-European player to win a men’s grand slam title was Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro at the 2009 US Open.
The interactions between the Team World captain, Andre Agassi, and his group of players were entertaining.
A few hours after Zverev lost his first singles match against De Minaur from match point up, Alcaraz faced two match points against Fritz deep in their final set tiebreak.
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