Team Europe regained the Laver Cup as newly-crowned US Open champion Alexander Zverev sealed victory against Learner Tien to complete a 13-5 success at The O2 in London on Sunday. Zverev, who won the French Open and US Open titles this year, lived up to his 'best player in the world' tag to secure Laver Cup success give rival Carlos Alcaraz the day off. The German clinched the trophy for Team Europe after defeating Tien in the second match of Sunday's finale 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
Zverev had been talked up by Alcaraz after recent Grand Slam wins before this Ryder Cup-style event at The O2, but he lost in the doubles on Friday and let slip multiple match points against Alex De Minaur on Saturday. Alcaraz wrestled back the initiative at the end of day two before Zverev teamed up with Casper Ruud to triumph in the doubles and leave Team Europe only two victories from glory ahead of Sunday's session. After initially falling a break behind, Cobolli and Mensik settled into their rhythm and took control, racing past Team World's De Minaur and Taylor Fritz 7-5 6-3 to stretch Europe's lead to 10-5.
Flavio Cobolli and Jakub Mensik moved the boys in blue a step closer by beating Fritz and De Minaur in the doubles, which opened the door for Zverev to bring a run of three defeats in four editions for Team Europe to an end. Zverev struggled against rookie Tien, although did have the insurance policy of team-mate Alcaraz up next if required, but the two-time major winner secured victory to help Team Europe prevail in front of tournament co-founder Roger Federer, who was sitting alongside Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio. Stream tennis with no contract on NOW and the Sky Sports App.
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