Laver Cup: Zverev presents Europe’s first match ball

Alexander Zverev also won his second singles at the Laver Cup premiere in Prague, giving Team Europa the first match point.The best German tennis player won against Sam Querrey from the USA 6:4,6:4 and took the team “Rest of the World” in Prague with a 12:6 lead.

The Europeans thus have two chances of overall victory in the last two.The world number one Rafael Nadal (Spain) will be the first to beat John Isner (USA) to perfect the success of his favourite European team.Record Grand Slam winner Roger Federer (Switzerland) could fend off the Australian Nick Kyrgios in a possible defeat by his “eternal” rival Nadal.

Team boss John McEnroe’s “World Choice” could equal the score in Sunday’s three-point system with two victories to 12:12, after which a match tiebreak in a double will decide.The two team leaders decide who will play the game if necessary.McEnroe’s colleague on the European Bank is his old rival Björn Borg.

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.