Jack Sock and Casper Ruud were the first two players picked to compete at the 2022 Laver Cup and their match certainly didn't disappoint.
World number 2 and two-time Grand Slam finalist in 2022 was certainly a favourite against Team World's world no. 128, who is mainly a doubles specialist at this stage of his career. And that certainly showed at the start of the match when Casper Ruud won the first three games to get a decisive advantage.
At 5-3, the Norwegian was serving for the set, but he got broken back and it seemed that the first set will need to be decided in a tie-break. Yet, Ruud showed why he played two Grand Slam finals this year and got his break back to win the first set 6-4.
However, Jack Sock is former world number 8 in singles and he has decided to show that in the second set. For the majority of the set, both players were really solid in their serve and fans in London started thinking about a tie-break again.
But the American won 9 points in a row to secure a 7-5 win and the first championship tie-break of this year's Laver Cup. If the score is tied after two sets, a match tie-break to 10 points is played and that's what decided the first match between Team Europe and Team World.
Every player of the winning team is awarded 250,000€ despite no points being given and that's why both players showed their fighting spirit when battling it out in the match tie-break for the first point of the 2022 Laver Cup.
Sock started with an early mini-break but he lost to his advantage after his opponent played a tweener lob that the American hit right into the net and so the score was even again at 3-3.
And it was the overhead miss that seemed to be decisive in the match tie-break as Ruud shifted gears after that to win the match 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 and give Team Europe a 1-0 lead in the 2022 Laver Cup.
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