Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud brought Team Europe back into the Laver Cup match

Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud brought Team Europe back into the Laver Cup match. The two tennis players defeated Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe by 2-0 (6:2 7:6) in 1:33 hours of play.

Thanks to this success, the tennis players from Europe reduced their deficit to only one point, and at the moment the score is 8-7 in favor of Team World, and this was the first loss for Team World in the grid since the beginning of the competition after Ben Shelton was in the main of the previous two doubles triumphs.

The Spanish-Norwegian doubles team got off to a great start. Casper Ruud’s performance was a marked improvement yesterday, largely due to Carlos Alcaraz’s presence and leadership in the team, as the former number one crossed almost every ball and covered every corner of the court with his incredible movement. This allowed the two to outplay the Americans in every aspect of the game, with winners coming one after the other and unforced errors kept to a minimum. As a result, the Europeans raced out to a two-break lead at 4:1 and held it until the last to take the lead in straight sets.

The second set offered us a much more equal and high-quality fight on both sides. The two doubles teams won their serves quickly and the draw ruled the score until the end, which led to a tiebreak, although Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud had a slight game advantage and even had a hidden match point at 5:5, but did not take advantage of this opportunity. The long game offered a real game of nerves between the two teams, with the higher-ranked players taking the lead early on to take a 4-2 lead, but the Americans showed character and won the next three points to turn the tiebreak in their favor at 5-4.

However, the 2022 US Open finalists didn’t let the turnaround happen and regained the lead, winning four of the next five points to record that all-important win for Team Europe.