Tennis
Laver Cup: Alexander Zverev also wins tiebreak party in Prague
Alexander Zverev leads Team Europe 3-0 at the Laver Cup in Prague.
Three games, six tiebreaks, one match tiebreak: The Laver Cup in Prague turns into the Tiebreak Cup on the first day, always with the better end for Team Europe.Alexander Zverev also won the third singles for the European team and defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who played for Team World, 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:5).Previously, Marin Cilic (7:6,7:6,7:6 against Frances Tiafoe) and Dominic Thiem (6:7,7:6,10:7 against John Isner) had won for Team Europe.Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych for Team Europe, Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock for Team World will be competing in the final doubles match for Friday.
The Laver Cup will be played in three days and twelve matches.Each day there are three individual matches and a doubles match.On Friday and Saturday there is a day session as well as a night session.The Laver Cup will close on Sunday with a day session.
Single and double matches are played in the Laver Cup in best-of-three mode.A match win will bring one point on Friday, two points on Saturday and three points on the final day.In order to win the Laver Cup, the team needs 13 out of 24 possible points.
If points are scored after the 12 matches between Team Europe and the 12:12 World Choice, there will be a decider in doubles on the last day.
In the course of the Laver Cup each player completes a maximum of 2 single games.Four of the six players in each team must compete in doubles, with each doubles combination only allowed to compete together once.
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