• Curiosities. The surprising statistical sneak of Nadal to Federer: "Rafa saved me"

While it is true that his duel on the slopes resulted in 11 majors for the Swede and seven for the American, Mcenroe showed again that from the bench he is much better strategist than Bjorn Borg. Without any top ten in his call, Johnny Mac took Team World to the last game with options to win his first Laver Cup against a cast of European stars that currently tops the top positions of the ATP ranking

With 7-5 in favor of Team Europe at the end of the second day, the New Yorker knew how to overcome the loss of Nick Kyrgios due to injury and turn the scoreboard taking the first two games on Sunday. Iceborg, on the other hand, did not know how to overcome Nadal's loss due to wrist discomfort. Sock and Isner took the doubles in the super tie break against Federer and Tsitsipas. Then, the personal bet of the coach, a Taylor Fritz (world number 30) overflowing with confidence beat Dominic Thiem and put the score 11-7 leaving the Europeans in a very delicate situation.

Federer did not fail in the individual and won the fast track to John Isner to leave an attractive final duel for the third edition of this exhibition tournament. Zverev, accused on numerous occasions of failing at key moments in the big tournaments, would win the victory with Milos Raonic. The Canadian, number 24 of the ATP ranking, is currently very far from the level that led him to play the Wimbledon final in 2016 against Andy Murray, although his powerful serve always makes him a dangerous opponent.

The German had in the first set the solidity of the service that he lacked in the last US Open (79% of first), and took the first round 6-4. He continued on the same line in the second round, but a small mistake in the form of a double foul gave wings to Raonic, who with a single break took the game to a new super tie break to decide the final champion.

Despite not being a first level tournament, the tension was noticeable on the benches. Nadal and Federer asked the Geneva public for support for Zverev, and on the other side Isner and Kyrgios encouraged their partner and celebrated each point with excessive euphoria. But the German this time did not shake the pulse at the moment of truth and shattered his rival in the decisive tiebreaker (10-4).

Once again, the German gets the decisive point in a Laver Cup, a competition in which that tennis player is seen who two years ago looked like the one with the most ballots to be the successor of the Big Three . The Team World despite the defeat again gives a serious warning to the cast of stars that always bring together Europeans. That was demonstrated by the Swiss public, who fired Mcenroe and his people with a standing ovation despite the defeat.

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