Laver Cup | Team Europe runs up a good lead on day one
The Hindu
Berrettini, Ruud, Rublev make winning starts
The pandemic-delayed fourth edition of the Laver Cup — and first without Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic — began on Friday with Team Europe taking a 3-1 lead over Team World thanks to singles victories from Matteo Berrettini, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev.
Italy’s Berrettini, runner-up to Djokovic at Wimbledon in July, saved 12 of 13 break-points and came back to edge Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in a match tiebreaker 6-7 (3), 7-5, [10-8].
That came after Norway’s Ruud broke American Reilly Opelka in the third game and again to end the opening set along the way to a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory.
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