Carlos Alcaraz has won six Grand Slams and in almost all the tournaments he has played after those victories did not win the title. After his recent victory in the US Open, history has been repeated again because Carlitos fell into his first individual party at the Laver Cup against Taylor Fritz. The American won 6-3 and 6-2 in 71 minutes.
The peculiar streak began after proclaiming himself champion in New York in 2022 when he fell in his next match at the Davis Cup. After Wimbledon 2023, the first change in Toronto was fired. And a year later after winning the Musketeer Cup, he said goodbye to Queen’s in his debut. After his second Wimbledon he crashed against Djokovic in the games and now Fritz’s. Only this year after winning Roland Garros was able to raise the title in Queen’s.
Fritz, number five in the world, had never won Alcaraz in his three precedents, the last of which was in Wimbledon’s grass this year. The American, who has a balance of 5-2 in his Laver Cup matches, certified a triumphal day for the team of the rest of the world, which won the first three games of that second day. Previously, the Australian Alex de Miñaur won the German Alexander Zverev and the Argentine Francisco Cerún him bent the Danish Holger Rune. From Miñaur and the American Alex Michelsen also imposed themselves in the doubles Norwegian Casper Ruud and Danish Holger Rune, his fourth triumph of four to take 9-3 advantage in the Laver Cup in San Francisco (United States). And that the rest of the world came to Saturday after losing three of the first four games. However, the laver cup format provides that the matches acquire more and more weight in the development of the competition. Friday’s matches were worth a point, those of Saturday delivered two, and those of this Sunday will deliver three. The first team to reach 13 will be champion.
Fritz played a match that touched perfection against Alcaraz. He won 80 for the belt of his points with the first serve and limited to ten the winning blows of the Murcian, which made 19 uninforced errors.