Laver Cup: Federer’s decision: European tennis team wins Laver Cup

Roger Federer’s victory in the final singles against the Australian Nick Kyrgios European tennis team brought him the victory in the Laver Cup, which he himself “invented”.

Federer won 4-6,7-6 (8-6), 11-9 and put Europe in the lead against the rest of the world with an unbeatable 15-9 lead.

Alexander Zverev had previously won his second singles at the Laver Cup premiere in Prague, giving Team Europa the first match point.Germany’s number one defeated Sam Querrey from the USA 6:4,6:4.Rafael Nadal (Spain) then delayed the final decision with a 5:7,6:7 (1:7) defeat of the American John Isner.

On Saturday, the two superstars Federer and Nadal had their first doubles match, won against Jack Sock and Querrey and extended the Europeans’ lead to 9-3.In Sunday’s first match, Jack Sock/John Isner (USA) beat Tomas Berdych/Marin Cilic (Czech Republic/Croatia) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6).

World number four Zverev had defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) in his first singles match on Friday.Against Querrey in front of 17,000 spectators in the sold-out arena, the Hamburg player once again made few mistakes and never let the Americans come to fruition with his impressive performance.”I played well,” said Zverev with satisfaction:”It’s really something special to be supported by players like Rafa and Roger.

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