After Casper Ruud defeated Jack Sock in the opening match and Stefanos Tsitsipas added another win against Diego Schwartzman, Team Europe was up 2-0.
In the third match of the 2022 Laver Cup, Andy Murray, who was trying to add the third point for his team, took on Alex de Minaur, who was in search of the first point for Team World. Despite Day 1 giving only 1 point per victory, both players left their heart on the court and battled for 150 minutes.
The match started really well for the Australian who got a break in the first game and kept his advantage to soon lead 3-1. However, former world number 1 kept showing that he's a better player in the first set and eventually got the break back to level the score.
When it already seemed that the set will be decided in a tie-break, Murray shifted gears and added yet another break to win the first set 7-5. However, it was De Minaur who had a much better start in the second set.
The Australian got a break and didn't allow his opponent to have any break points until the eighth game. But even then, he kept his cool and added another break in the following game to win the set 6-3 and force match tie-break.
De Minaur got the first mini-break of a tie-break and despite both players losing their serve three more times each, the early advantage was enough for the Australian to secure first point for Team World at the 2022 Laver Cup after winning 5-7, 6-3, 10-7.
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