American Francis Tiafoe gave the World Team a 4-2 lead in the match against Team Europe for the "Laver Cup", after beat Russian Daniil Medvedev 3:6, 6:4, 10:5. It was the first meeting since the second day of the exhibition match, in which each win already brings two points for the teams. Friday's program ended with a score of 2:2, and Grigor Dimitrov also contributed to the European team after winning over Alejandro Tabillo (Chile) with 7:6 (4), 7:6 (2). The team that collects the first 13 points wins the meeting, which this year takes place in Berlin.
Russian Medvedev took the first set, dominating especially on his second serve. But the American Tiafoe hit back by breaking in the first game of the second set and taking control of the match. In the third set, which follows the tiebreak rules, the American athlete was much more focused and also imposed an advantage from the start.
Later today, Carlos Alcaraz will play Ben Shelton (USA) and try to even the score for the European formation. Alexander Zverev (Germany), on the other hand, will play with Tyler Fritz in the third singles for today, before the match goes into the decisive Sunday matches.
Team Europe is once again led by captain Bjorn Borg, while the Rest of the World is selected by John McEnroe. The European team has triumphed three times in these matches, while the Rest of the World selection has won the last two.