Auger-Aliassime and Tiafoe star as Team World land first Laver Cup win

Team
World
went
into
the
final
day
of
action
at
the
O2
Arena
in
London
sitting
four
points
behind
their
opponents,
but
they
produced
a
stirring
fightback
to
claim
the
trophy
at
the
fifth
time
of
asking.

Central
to
their
success
was
Canadian
Auger-Aliassime,
who
beat
Novak
Djokovic
in
singles
after
successfully
teaming
up
with
Jack
Sock
in
the
doubles.

Holding
an
8-4
lead
from
Saturday,
many
expected
Team
Europe
to
breeze
it
from
there,
but
John
McEnroe’s
World
team
had
other
ideas
and
earned
a
13-8
victory.

Up
first
in
the
doubles
were
Auger-Aliassime
and
Sock,
who
lost
the
first
set
to
Team
Europe’s
Andy
Murray
and
Matteo
Berrettini.

However,
the
World
duo
roared
back
to
deliver
three
points
for
their
team
by
claiming
a
2-6
6-3
10-8
victory.

Djokovic
won
two
matches
for
Team
Europe
on
Saturday,
yet
he
was
powerless
to
stop
Auger-Aliassime
in
their
singles
clash.
The
22-year-old
Canadian
landed
a
6-3
7-6
(7-3)
over
the
Wimbledon
champion.

That
moved
Team
World
10-8
ahead
in
the
overall
contest,
setting
the
stage
for
a
decisive
clash
between
Stefanos
Tsitsipas
and
Frances
Tiafoe,
with
a
further
three
points
at
stake.

Greek
Tsitsipas
won
the
first
set,
but
24-year-old
American
Tiafoe
stormed
back
to
win
an
epic
tie-break
in
the
second
on
his
way
to
a
1-6
7-6
(13-11)
10-8
success.

Source:
OPTA