Laver Cup: Novak Djokovic shocked as Team World beats Team Europe to win maiden title

Frances Tiafoe and Felix Auger-Aliassime got here with memorable wins on the O2 Arena in London on Sunday as Team World ended Team Europe’s dominance within the Laver Cup. The two children stepped up on the ultimate day of Laver Cup 2022 as Team World received their maiden title within the fifth version of the match.

It was a shocking end result for Team World as they managed to beat a full-strength Europe facet, which had all of the members of the Big 4. While Laver Cup 2022 started with all of the highlight on Roger Federer’s farewell match, it ended with Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsistsipas placing on a scintillating present in London.

It was a shocking weekend for Frances Tiafoe, who performed his maiden Grand Slam semi-final on the US Open earlier in September. Tiafoe joined arms with Jack Sock to beat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal within the most-talked-about match of the match.

On Sunday, Tiafoe saved 4 match factors in opposition to Stefanos Tsitsipas to clinch the decisive win for Team World in opposition to Team Europe.

He was outplayed within the first set however roared again to win 1-6 7-6(11) 10-8 to provide Team World an unassailable 13-8 lead within the 3-day Laver Cup competitors.

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NOVAK DJOKOVIC STUNNED

Team World, who had misplaced the 4 earlier editions of the group occasion, started the day trailing 8-4 however Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime shocked Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(3) having earlier partnered Jack Sock to a 2-6 6-3 10-8 victory in opposition to Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettini.

Tsitsipas had the prospect to take the match to a deciding singles, however Tiafoe was impressed in entrance of a raucous O2 Arena crowd who cherished his showman antics.

After successful the match level he collapsed to the court docket and was buried underneath a pile of his teammates and captain John McEnroe who then handled the gang to some dance strikes.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” Tiafoe, who reached the U.S. Open semi-final mentioned on court docket. “John McEnroe dropped a lot of F bombs saying we can’t lose again. Felix beat Novak today and we all did it together, it wasn’t just me.”

McEnroe was clearly overjoyed to lastly finish a protracted wait to style victory and get one over previous rival Bjorn Borg who was captain of a Team Europe facet who have been massive favourites.

“No one beats Team World five times in a row,” the American mentioned. “Felix stepped up big time.

“Frances is prime time, we noticed that on the U.S. Open.

“This is an incredible team event and I’m loving every second of it.”

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