BERLIN — Group World simply wants two extra match wins to assert the Laver Cup a 3rd straight time.
Group World received three of 4 matches from Group Europe on Saturday to take an 8-4 factors lead into the third and ultimate day.
After Friday’s matches had been break up evenly, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz beat top-five opponents and Ben Shelton and Alejandro Tabilo crushed Europe’s Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1, 6-2.
Group Europe’s solely win got here from Carlos Alcaraz, the French Open and Wimbledon champion. He beat Shelton 6-4, 6-4 with one break in every set. Alcaraz saved all 5 break factors he confronted. Shelton conceded his first units in his fifth profession Laver Cup match.
Tiafoe, who reached the US Open semifinals, beat No. 5 Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 6-4 (10-5) for the primary time in six makes an attempt.
“Halfway within the second [set] and within the tiebreak, I felt like I used to be Roger Federer, actually,” Tiafoe joked whereas smiling at Federer, who was within the stands.
No. 7-ranked Fritz, the US Open finalist, upset No. 2 Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-5 for his third consecutive win over the German. Fritz hit 27 winners to Zverev’s 11.
The day ended with Shelton’s and Tabilo’s doubles rout.
The Laver Cup is formatted like golf’s Ryder Cup. The primary staff to 13 factors wins. There are 4 matches on Sunday, every price three factors.
