We’re counting down the days to the Laver Cup in San Francisco—starting Friday, September 19—by looking back at memorable moments from competitions past. On the way to Team Europe’s Laver Cup comeback victory in 2024, Alexander Zverev denied Frances Tiafoe a hero’s moment for the third year in a row.
Frances Tiafoe was integral to Team World’s first two Laver Cup triumphs in 2022 and 2023 by delivering the clinching victory in the first title and six points in the second.
But Alexander Zverev, who also knows first-hand what it takes to guide a team to Laver Cup glory, assured that the American wouldn’t have that euphoric moment for the third year in a row. A staggering comeback last fall in Berlin set the stage for a winner-take-all final match for the first time since 2019.
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After Ben Shelton defeated Daniil Medvedev in a dramatic three-set affair, Team World found itself on the precipice of a third straight Cup with an 11-7 lead on the scoreboard. And when Tiafoe snuck a one-set lead against then-No. 2 Zverev, the German cut an increasingly frustrated figure. He got a code violation for ball abuse in the second set, and shortly after, trailed by a set and a break.
