Team Europe wins fifth Laver Cup trophy

Team Europe has won their fifth Laver Cup title on Sunday in Berlin.

Team Europe clinched the title after Carlos Alcaraz’s heroic display against Team World’s Taylor Fritz. Beating the American to help Team Europe complete a thrilling 13-11 comeback victory at the Laver Cup.

In a winner-take-all singles match, Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5, ensuring that Team Europe won the teams event trophy for the first time since 2021.

Alcaraz’s superior force from the baseline overpowered Fritz, his Top-10 opponent. Earlier on Sunday, Alcaraz had teamed with Casper Ruud to win a vital doubles match against Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe.

Together with Ruud and Alexander Zverev, who forced the final match after the latter overcame Frances Tiafoe 6-7(5), 7-5, 10-5, Alcaraz made sure that Bjorn Borg’s seven-year tenure as Team Europe captain came to an end with his fifth Laver Cup win. Additionally, Borg guided his team to triumph in the event’s first four iterations.

“It’s great. Obviously we came here with a goal, to win the Laver Cup,” said Alcaraz in his on-court interview. “We are very, very happy about reaching our goal. We almost lost, but Sascha came with really good tennis and gave me the chance to win.”

“It’s always tough to play Team World at Laver Cup,” said Borg. “You’ve seen good tennis this week and I thought that we weren’t going to win it, but the guys played great tennis and we came through. For me to spend time with these players in Team Europe, it’s a lot of fun. We have a good team spirit and we gave everything. I’m very proud of my team.”