Laver Cup Day 2: Alex de Minaur posts key victory over Alexander Zverev

Squad World was looking to climb out of a - hole and level things up and maybe a little bit more against Organization Europe on Day of the Laver Cup at Chase Center in San Francisco To do so Group World consisting of six players from places not located in Europe would first look to Australian tennis superstar Alex de Minaur who was taking on Germany s Alexander Zverev in the first match of the afternoon session Band World would also be counting on the ascending scoring system at this tournament which was founded in by Roger Federer and others in honor of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver and is played in a different city each year Match wins grow more valuable as the three-day competition continues with those on Day counting for one point and the Day victories doubling in value The wins on the final day Sunday count for points So in other other words teams have the chance to make up deficits or increase their leads quite hastily as the Laver Cup progresses Yet it wasn t going to be easy given that Zverev was the one standing in the way The world No has been absolutely untouchable in this setting going undefeated as a member of Association Europe in the five previous Laver Cups that he s played The German also boasts a decided head-to-head advantage - over the Australian who was a last minute replacement for Band World after American Frances Tiafoe bowed out due to injury Yet de Minaur came into the tournament playing several absolutely sparkling tennis as of late capturing his th career title in Washington and then making it to quarterfinals at the US Open and would continue to do so as he absolutely dominated the first set against Zverev He d break Zverev s on his first chance hurriedly solidifying the lead with his next institution battle and then current the tall German s serve once again to go up - The Australian would do so with an impressively varied event play pretty much all of which underscored his reputation as one of the speediest guys on the court Zverev is the rare big guy who doesn t mind getting into long rallies yet he had no answer for the way de Minaur mixed things up short floaters going cross court pounding Zverev s backhand soft droppers racing down balls hitting his spot on serve etc Before he knew what hit him Zverev had lost the first set - Oh but he would win the Bad Sport of the Day title punctuating the losing effort by launching his racquet across the court and coming way too close to hitting Crew Europe coach Yannick Noah After a chat with Noah at the bench Zverev managed to collect himself and he stayed pretty much dead-even with de Minaur throughout much of the second set They stayed on serve yet not without certain dramatic twists and turns coming in the games shepherded by both men through the first eight games Absolutely Zverev lost his serve in the ninth challenge giving de Minaur a clear path to take not only the set but the match The Australian made good on that effort with the final outcome line reading - - de Minaur The mastery tied the total between the two teams Association World Gang Europe Yet the Australian s work for the day was not finished He was set to return to play a doubles match with No Alex Michelsen against No Holger Rune Denmark and No Casper Ruud Norway in the night session