Fritz downs Zverev to seal Crew World Laver Cup win over Europe

[ad_1] Taylor Fritz held off Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to seal Crew World's triumph within the Laver Cup on Sunday as two wins for Carlos Alcaraz on the ultimate day proved too little for Crew Europe.

Fritz fired a backhand volley winner on his first match level to offer Crew World a 15-9 victory over Europe within the world tennis occasion, sparking jubilant celebrations from his teammates and World captain Andre Agassi at Chase Heart -- residence of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

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"The power from the group, it simply feels the moments of profitable really feel so significantly better, the moments of dropping really feel a lot worse since you're doing it for all these guys," Fritz mentioned.

"It simply fires me up a lot," added the fifth-ranked American, who had overwhelmed Alcaraz on Saturday when Crew World swept all 4 matches to grab a 9-3 lead.

Fritz had raced by way of the opening set in opposition to a weary-looking Zverev.

The German stepped it up within the second set, however he was down a break and trailing 4-3 earlier than he lastly mustered his first break factors of the night time.

He transformed his third to degree the set at 4-4 to the delight of his Europe teammates and captain Yannick Noah.

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A fast maintain from Zverev left Fritz serving to remain within the set.

He held to like and so they battled to the tiebreaker, the place Fritz took a 3-0 lead just for Zverev to win three straight factors earlier than Fritz gained 4 of the ultimate 5.

Alcaraz, recent off his sixth Grand Slam title on the US Open, had stored Europe's title protection alive with a blistering 6-2, 6-1 victory over Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo.

Alcaraz and Casper Ruud had sliced Europe's deficit with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 doubles victory over Reilly Opelka and Alex Michelsen to open Sunday's motion.

However Australian world quantity eight Alex De Minaur then beat Czech Jakub Mensik 6-3, 6-4 to push Crew World's result in 12-6, with 13 factors wanted to say the Cup and every match on Sunday value three factors.

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De Minaur, a late substitute on Crew World for Frances Tiafoe, had nabbed two wins on Saturday -- beating Zverev in singles and coming by way of once more in doubles.