FED LEADS EUROPE TO LAVER WIN
Vunipola’s year gets worse as he faces four months out just weeks after returning from shoulder injury TENNIS
ROGER FEDERER won the inaugural Laver Cup for Team Europe last night, resisting a fierce challenge from players representing the rest of the world to claim the trophy in a dramatic final match against Nick Kyrgios.
Despite cruising through the first two days, the Europeans – featuring five of the world’s top seven – needed the last match to seal victory. And Federer delivered in a tight 4-6 7-6 11-9 win over world No.20 Kyrgios.
The Australian squandered a chance at match point, then smashed the ball into the net to end the battle, spurring Federer’s European team-mates, led by world No.1 Rafael Nadal, to leap off the bench and embrace the Swiss, who said: “I was ready to go. I had to be. That is what a team member does.”