"After losing both matches during Friday's afternoon session of the 2025 Laver Cup, Team World was looking to even things up during the nightcap at Chase Center in San Francisco. To do so, however, Team World would have to get by the best men's tennis player on the planet - world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz - who is leading Team Europe in this eighth edition of this three-day tournament named in honor of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver."
"And Team World (aka, everyplace else not called Europe) would fall short in that endeavor, as the doubles team of Alcaraz (Spain) and world No. 17 Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) vanquished the two Americans - No. 4 Taylor Fritz and No. 32 Alex Michelsen. But it certainly wasn't easy, as Fritz and Michelsen put up a valiant fight - especially during a marathon first set that lasted over an hour and had to be decided in a tie-breaker."
Team World entered the night session seeking to recover after losing two afternoon matches. Team Europe’s Carlos Alcaraz partnered with Jakub Mensik to beat Taylor Fritz and Alex Michelsen in a hard-fought doubles match. The first set lasted over an hour and was decided in a 9-7 tiebreak, and the European duo closed out the second set 6-4. Mensik had earlier beaten Michelsen in singles, prevailing in the Laver Breaker. A separate singles match featured Flavio Cobolli and João Fonseca, with Fonseca taking the opening set 6-4 after breaking twice.
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