Auger-Aliassime stuns Djokovic to give Team World lead for the first time at 2022 Laver Cup
ATP
Day 3 at the 2022 Laver Cup started very well for Team World, and Felix Auger-Aliassime wanted to put his team into the lead for the first time this year.
Team Europe was the better team in the first two days of the 2022 Laver Cup in London. On Friday, both teams won two matches, which meant that the second day of action started with the score tied at 2-2. However, Team Europe started their charge on Day 2.
On Saturday, the Novak Djokovic champion first defeated Frances Tiafoe in singles. Only a few minutes later, he teamed up with Matteo Berrettini to beat Jack Sock and Alex de Minaur in doubles.
In the first match on the final day, Felix Auger-Aliassime teamed up with Jack Sock to beat Matteo Berrettini and Andy Murray, overcoming a one-set deficit. The Team World duo won 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 to decrease their team's deficit to only one point, trailing 7-8.
In the second match, Auger-Aliassime wanted to do the same thing as Novak Djokovic did yesterday (winning two matches for his team) and it was the man himself that he had to beat.
And it really seemed that the young Canadian came into the match determined to stun the 21-time Grand Slam winner. Despite being broken in the first game, Auger-Aliassime showed his qualities on return, and he broke the Serbian twice to win the first set 6-3.
And it was the Team World player who started with a break also in the second set. Yet, Djokovic fought back, and after staying calm when facing two more break points, it all came down to a tie-break.
Auger-Aliassime played one of the best tie-breaks of his life to beat Djokovic 6-3, 7-6(3), and put Team World into a 10-8 lead. That means Team World now needs only one more win to win the 2022 Laver Cup.
