Laver Cup Tennis Team Europe vs Team World 2024 Update

Team Europe players with the trophy. The team has won the title after 3 years.

Team Europe has won the Laver Cup Tennis title due to the strong performance of Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz. The Europeans defeated Team World in a thrilling match 13-11. The 21-year-old Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 in a winner-take-all singles match on Sunday night.

Team Europe has won the Laver Cup for the 5th time. The team has become champion after 3 years. Europe last won the title in 2021. After the victory, young star Alcaraz hugged captain Bjorn Borg and said – ‘We did this for you.’ Captain Borg finished his tenure with a 5-2 record over his competitor, friend and Team World captain John McEnroe.

Young Alcaraz hugging captain Bjorn Borg after winning the Laver Cup.

Team Europe players celebrating victory. The Europeans won 13–11 over Team World.

Team Europe has won the Laver Cup for the 5th time. The team has become champion after 3 years.

Know about Laver Cup in 2 points

What is Laver Cup? The Laver Cup is a prestigious tennis tournament. Which is played between Team Europe and Team World. It was started in 2017. This tournament lasts for 3 days. Both the teams participating in this 3-day tournament have 6-6 members. One features European stars, while the other features top-ranked players from around the world.
How is it played? There are 9 singles and 3 doubles matches in the tournament. There is one doubles and 3 singles matches every day. One point is given for winning every match on the first day, 2 points are given for winning every match on the second day and 3 points for winning the match on the third day. The first team to reach 13 points becomes the champion.

Alcaraz, Zverev and Dimitrov made a comeback on the last day On the third and last day of the tournament, Team Europe was trailing 4-8. In such a situation, the pair of Alcaraz and Ruud registered a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Ben Shelton and Francis Tiafoe in the first doubles match of the day and made the final score 7-8, but Dimitrov lost against Ben Shelton 7-6, 7-6. Lost 5-7, 7-10. Here Team World went ahead 11-7.

In such a situation, Zverev and Alcaraz won their respective singles matches and earned 6 points and led the team to victory. Zverev defeated Francis Tiafoe 6-7, 7-5, 10-5. While Alcaraz won 6-2, 7-5 over Taylor Fritz in the last and deciding match. Team Europe won 3 matches on the last day to gain 9 points and win the thrilling tournament 13-11.