The American Taylor Fritz He has also defeated the Russian Andrey Rublev -6-2, 7-6 (3)- and made it 6-0 in favor of the team from Other parts of the world keeping zero at Europe in Laver Cupwhich this year will be held on the indoor hard court installed in Rogers Arena of Vancouver (Canada).
So Fritz added two more points, the prize for the winners of Saturday’s matches. Sunday’s are worth three each, so return options exist for the team led by Björn Borg despite the current calamity. It’s a unique scoring system, unfair in valuing some victories more than others, but designed to maximize the chances of victory for both teams.
Whoever scores 13 points first is the champion of the Laver Cup, putting a total of 24 points at stake. In the event of a tie at the end of Sunday’s fourth game (12-12), one final game will be played to break the tie.
The Laver Cup started on Friday with four matches and a point at stake in each of them. Europe was completely destroyed on match day one, remaining scoreless after the first four games against the Rest of the World.
Instead, the team John McEnroe They started the tournament with an unbeatable 4-0. The American Ben Shelton opened the competition defeating the French Arthur Fils –7-6 (4), 6-1–, the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo surpassed the Spanish Alexander Davidovich (6-3, 7-5) and the Canadian Felix Auger he defeated the French Gael Monfils (6-4, 6-3).
Not even in double the Europeans can scratch anything, because the Russian Andrey Rublev and the Owned by Fils They also fell to the Americans Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul by 6-3, 3-6 and 10-6.
Casper Ruud-Tommy Pau, Hubert Hurkacz-Frances Tiafoe and Hubert Hurkacz/Gael Monfils-Felix Auger/Ben Shelton are the other three matches scheduled for the second day of the Laver Cup which will be played in the Spanish dawn from Saturday to Sunday .
Source: La Verdad
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