<p>Four-time Grand Slam champion <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/carlos-alcaraz">Carlos Alcaraz</a> overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.</p><p>Alcaraz broke the US Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out victory on serve, sparking celebrations as the Europe team rejoiced with captain Björn Borg in Berlin.</p><p>Team World was the favourite to win the Laver Cup for a third straight time after leading 8-4 on points heading into the last of the three days.</p><p>Europe began the comeback on Sunday when Alcaraz and Casper Ruud won the doubles 6-2, 7-6 (6) against American pair Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe. But Shelton then downed Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (6), 7-5, 10-7 to move the World team into pole position.</p><p>Tiafoe, who reached the US Open semifinals, could have sealed it for them but he lost to French Open finalist Alexander Zverev 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-5, setting up the decider between Alcaraz and Fritz.</p>.Vishnu, Prajwal, Rashmikaa top draws in National tennis championship from September 28.<p>The Laver Cup is like golf’s Ryder Cup with the first team to 13 points winning the contest. Each of the four matches on Sunday was worth three points.</p><p>Europe’s only win in Saturday’s four matches came from Alcaraz, who won the French Open and Wimbledon this year.</p><p>On Sunday, the 21-year-old Spaniard showed his big-match temperament once again. After his win, the four-time Grand Slam winner was compared to peak Federer, but Alcaraz said such a comparison was “impossible”.</p><p>“I’m too far away from that level,” he said. “I hope I’ll reach it one day, but it’s really impossible.”</p><p>Alcaraz, who won the French Open and Wimbledon this season, had not played the event before.</p><p>“It’s great. We can feel proud, all of us. I’m really happy. All of us did a pretty good job over the days. It’s been a top one,” the Spaniard added.</p><p>“We almost lost, but Sasha (Zverev) came with some really good tennis and gave me a chance to win the Laver Cup.”</p><p>Alcaraz said he found it more difficult to watch matches with his Team Europe colleagues than to actually take to the court, saying “the nerves were killing us”.</p><p>“It’s really difficult to watch the matches from outside. I was trying to stay away a bit, watching on TV in the lockerroom, trying to support from there. The nerves were there.”</p>
<p>Four-time Grand Slam champion <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/carlos-alcaraz">Carlos Alcaraz</a> overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.</p><p>Alcaraz broke the US Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out victory on serve, sparking celebrations as the Europe team rejoiced with captain Björn Borg in Berlin.</p><p>Team World was the favourite to win the Laver Cup for a third straight time after leading 8-4 on points heading into the last of the three days.</p><p>Europe began the comeback on Sunday when Alcaraz and Casper Ruud won the doubles 6-2, 7-6 (6) against American pair Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe. But Shelton then downed Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (6), 7-5, 10-7 to move the World team into pole position.</p><p>Tiafoe, who reached the US Open semifinals, could have sealed it for them but he lost to French Open finalist Alexander Zverev 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-5, setting up the decider between Alcaraz and Fritz.</p>.Vishnu, Prajwal, Rashmikaa top draws in National tennis championship from September 28.<p>The Laver Cup is like golf’s Ryder Cup with the first team to 13 points winning the contest. Each of the four matches on Sunday was worth three points.</p><p>Europe’s only win in Saturday’s four matches came from Alcaraz, who won the French Open and Wimbledon this year.</p><p>On Sunday, the 21-year-old Spaniard showed his big-match temperament once again. After his win, the four-time Grand Slam winner was compared to peak Federer, but Alcaraz said such a comparison was “impossible”.</p><p>“I’m too far away from that level,” he said. “I hope I’ll reach it one day, but it’s really impossible.”</p><p>Alcaraz, who won the French Open and Wimbledon this season, had not played the event before.</p><p>“It’s great. We can feel proud, all of us. I’m really happy. All of us did a pretty good job over the days. It’s been a top one,” the Spaniard added.</p><p>“We almost lost, but Sasha (Zverev) came with some really good tennis and gave me a chance to win the Laver Cup.”</p><p>Alcaraz said he found it more difficult to watch matches with his Team Europe colleagues than to actually take to the court, saying “the nerves were killing us”.</p><p>“It’s really difficult to watch the matches from outside. I was trying to stay away a bit, watching on TV in the lockerroom, trying to support from there. The nerves were there.”</p>