The group of Europe fell this Friday at the start of Laver Cup with a 0-4 in front of the group Other parts of the world boosted by American tennis players.
In this new edition of the Laver Cup, which will be held in Vancouver (Canada), the young American Ben Shelton (19 ATP), recent US Open semi-finalist, gave the World team its first point by defeating the Frenchman Arthur Fils (44) by 7-6(4) and 6-1.
Later, the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (21) won the Hispanic duel against the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich (25) by 6-3 and 7-5.
In the afternoon session, the European team suffered a new defeat as the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (14) defeat the French Gael Monfils (142) by 6-4 and 6-3.
The most contested match was the doubles match which closed the first day. The American couple formed by Frances Tiafoe (11) and Tommy Paul (13) won the first set of 6-3 but The Phils and the Russian Andrey Rublev (6) won the second may 6-4. In the end, Tiafoe and Paul won in a tiebreaker 10-6.
The World team, training John McEnroe as the captain and his brother Patrick As vice-captain, he is defending the title he won last year in London across Europe in his first victory in the history of this competition. The European team is the Swede as captain Björn Borg helped by his compatriots Thomas Enqvist.
Europe won in 2017 by 15-9, in 2018 by 13-8, in 2019 by 13-11 and in 2021 by 14-1. The team from the rest of the world won 2022 by 13-8 and already has four of the thirteen points it needs to retain the title. He won them over Roger Federerresponsible for the organization, which is present in public.
Source: La Verdad
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