Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled Crew Europe even with Crew World on the Laver Cup by beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4 on Friday.
Crew World led after Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina topped Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 6-4 within the opener of the indoor hard-court males’s match that encompasses a format paying homage to golf’s Ryder Cup.
Ruud, ranked No. 9, made 20 unforced errors and hit simply 11 winners.
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov was set to play Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo within the final singles of the day.
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The doubles will function Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev towards People Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz.
The match ends on Sunday.
Every match win is value one level on Friday, two factors on Saturday, and three factors on Sunday. The primary workforce to 13 factors wins.
Earlier Friday, the Laver Cup and the ATP tour introduced a five-year extension to their present settlement.