Laver Cup, Frances Tiafoe beats Daniil Medvedev, Rest of World ahead
Laver Cup, Frances Tiafoe beats Daniil Medvedev, Rest of World ahead
In the first singles match of the second day of the Laver Cup at the Uber Arena in Berlin, the U.S. Frances Tiafoe beat Russian Daniil Medvedev by a score of 3-6 6-4 10-5 in just over an hour and a half of play, putting the Rest of the World ahead of Europe 4-2 since every win today is worth two points.
Tiafoe has a break point in the fourth game of the first set but does not exploit it and then è he loses serve in the next game. Medvedev also makes another break in the ninth game and closes the set at the third chance after being up 0-40 on the U.S.’s serve.
È Tiafoe to immediately break in the first game of the second set and also has a 4-1 double break ball but does not exploit it. On his serve he concedes nothing to the Russian and it then goes to the super tie-break in which the American operates the decisive stretch from 4-4 to the final 10-5.
