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09/27 11:08 CDT Zverev adds Laver Cup clincher to his big year after French
Open and US Open titles
Zverev adds Laver Cup clincher to his big year after French Open and US Open
titles
LONDON (AP) --- Alexander Zverev added another highlight moment to his breakout
season by clinching the decisive points that brought the Laver Cup back to Team
Europe on Sunday.
Zverev --- who captured his first two Grand Slam titles this year by winning
the French Open and U.S. Open --- beat Learner Tien 7-6 (3), 6-3 to make it a
13-5 victory for Europe.
It was an improved performance for Zverev after his nine-match winning streak
in singles ended with a loss to Alex de Minaur on Saturday.
The 13th-ranked Tien had beaten Flavio Cobolli in his Laver Cup debut on
Saturday.
Team World had won in San Francisco last year but now Europe has won six of the
nine editions of the Ryder Cup-style event.
Earlier, Cobolli and Jakub Mensik extended Europe's lead by beating De Minaur
and Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-3 in doubles.
Zverev's victory sealed with it three matches to spare --- which meant that
Carlos Alcaraz didn't need to take the court for the third match of the day
against De Minaur.
Alcaraz won a doubles match with Mensik on Friday and a singles match over
Fritz on Saturday.
Wins are worth one point on Friday, two points on Saturday and three points on
Sunday. The first team to reach 13 points wins.
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