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Europe wins inaugural Laver Cup
Dramatic to the end, the inaugural Laver Cup came down to the last — and arguably best — of the
competition’s dozen matches as Roger Federer fought back to beat Nick Kyrgios 4-6 7-6(6) [11-9]
and secure the fi rst title for Team Europe.
The O3 arena was a wall of noise as the most compelling singles showdown of the weekend de-
livered a high-wire act of a match, Kyrgios coming within a point of dragging Team World from 9-3
down at the start of the fi nal day into the winner-takes-all doubles decider.
In the end, however, Federer sealed the title in a match tiebreak — the sixth of the weekend, and
18th tiebreak in all — recovering from 8-5 down and saving a match point at 9-8 to secure Team
Europe’s triumph.
“I was ready to go — I had to be,” said Federer, who ended up contributing three victories and six
points to the hosts’ 15-9 victory.
“That’s what a team member does. The boys played fantastic all weekend, but we knew it could
change very quickly on Sunday. The Team World boys have been great, in the doubles especially,
and we knew it was going to be tough. I was looking at getting ready for doubles at the very end.
I’m very pleased and relieved that we did win the singles and got it done.”
“I’m most proud of these guys — they fought with their heart and soul and put everything into this,”
John McEnroe said in tribute to his underdog squad during the trophy ceremony. “And we were so,
so close to pulling this off .”
Total tournament attendance — 83,273
RESULTS
TEAM EUROPE defeated TEAM WORLD 15-9
MATCH 1
MATCH 2
MATCH 3
MATCH 4
MATCH 5
MATCH 6
MATCH 7
MATCH 8
MATCH 9
MATCH 10
MATCH 11
MATCH 12
Marin Cilic
Dominic Thiem
Alexander Zverev
Kyrgios / Sock
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Nick Kyrgios
Federer / Nadal
Isner / Sock
Alexander Zverev
John Isner
Roger Federer
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
Frances Tiafoe
7-6(3) 7-6(0)
John Isner 6-7(15) 7-6(2) [10-7]
Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
Berdych / Rafael Nadal
6-3 6-7(7) [10-7]
Sam Querrey 6-4 6-2
Jack Sock 6-3 3-6 [11-9]
Tomas Berdych
4-6 7-6(4) [10-6]
Querrey / Sock
6-4 1-6 [10-5]
Berdych / Cilic
7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Sam Querrey 6-4 6-4
Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6(1)
Nick Kyrgios 4-6 7-6(6) [11-9]
PTS
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1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
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The Laver Cup is a joint initiative between TEAM8, Tennis Australia, the USTA and Jorge Paulo
Lemann and is supported by Founding Partner Rolex and Global Sponsors JPMorgan Chase and
Mercedes-Benz.