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1. Voo de Mar says:

   September 22, 2025 at 12:23 am

   Points won by each set: | 33-24, 37-30 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   18 % De Minaur – 12 of 64
   25 % Mensik – 15 of 60

   De Minaur [8] played his best tennis over the weekend and highly contributed to the “Team World” victory, producing one of the best performances so far in the Laver Cup history (2 singles & 1 doubles win, not dropping a set). Actually I’ve never seen him playing better than he did against Zverev on Saturday, but against Mensik [17] on Sunday, he played at the similar level, wisely mixing up the pace with BH slices and net-rushing. In the last game he withstood a triple break point. “I’m so used to fighting off break points on my serve. I do that for a living,” joked De Minaur, “I’m not a bot like some of the players in Team World.” It was the first edition with new captains: the McEnroe brothers have been replaced by Agassi and Rafter while the Swedes (Borg & Enqvist) by Noah & Henman. In the last, very emotional encounter, Fritz defeated Zverev for the sixth time in a row – the German is the most experienced player in tournament’s history, he felt the taste of winning the clincher a few times before, this time he would have prolonged the tie to a decing 9-game doubles set.

   Serve & volley: De Minaur 0, Mensik 6/8

   San Francisco: WORLD d. EUROPE 15-9

   0:1 Reilly Opelka – Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-7(4)
   0:2 Alex Michelsen – Jakub Mensik 1-6, 7-6(3), [8/10]
   1:2 Joao Fonseca – Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 6-3
   1:3 Taylor Fritz/Alex Michelsen – Carlos Alcaraz/Jakub Mensik 6-7(7), 4-6

   3:3 Alex de Minaur – Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4
   5:3 Francisco Cerundolo – Holger Rune 6-3, 7-6(5)
   7:3 Taylor Fritz – Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2
   9:3 Alex de Minaur/Alex Michelsen – Casper Ruud/Holger Rune 6-4, 6-4

   9:6 Alex Michelsen/Reilly Opelka – Carlos Alcaraz/Casper Ruud 6-7(4), 1-6
   12:6 Alex de Minaur – Jakub Mensik 6-3, 6-4
   12:9 Francisco Cerundolo – Carlos Alcaraz 2-6, 1-6
   15-9 Taylor Fritz – Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4)

   

   From left: De Minaur, Opelka, Agassi (captain), Brooksby (alternate), Fritz, Michelsen, Fonseca, Cerundolo & standing Rafter (vice captain)

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