Novak Djokovic seems to be the most important piece in Bjorn Borg's puzzle as he showed his dominance in back-to-back matches on Saturday.
First, the 21-time Grand Slam champion defeated Frances Tiafoe to bring Team Europe two points ahead of Team World again. Then, Novak Djokovic teamed up with Matteo Berrettini for the last match of Saturday's action at the 2022 Laver Cup.
While it was mostly about Roger Federer's retirement on Friday, both teams showed their super competitiveness on Saturday once again. Matteo Berrettini secured the first two points for his team, before Cameron Norrie lost to Taylor Fritz. But then the 35-years-old Serbian beat Frances Tiafoe before the only two winners of Team Europe on Saturday teamed up.
Jack Sock was certainly the most experienced doubles player on the court and Alex de Minaur played more doubles matches this year than their opponents from Team Europe combined. Yet, that didn't mean anything.
Djokovic and Berrettini started with an early break in the first set and when the scoreboard showed 5-2, they had their first set point. However, the couldn't use that and after a series of lost points, the score was tied again. But the 2021 Wimbledon finalists, that stood one the same side of the court this time, shifted gears once more to win the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Djokovic and Berrettini got an early break again, but this time they didn't lose it. Moreover, they added one more break to win the match 7-5, 6-2 and give Team Europe 8-4 lead ahead of Day 3 where three points are awarded for each victory.
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