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title: "Laver Cup 2024: Day one highlights as Europe takes lead"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/59560/laver-cup-2024-day-one-highlights-as-europe-takes-lead
published: 2025-09-20T15:18:09Z
language: en
author: "Dmitri Ciolacu"
section: "Sport"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Laver Cup 2024: Day one highlights as Europe takes lead

> Team Europe has made a strong start to this year's Laver Cup, held in San Francisco. Norway's Casper Ruud, Czech Jakub Mensik and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz helped the side to a 3-1 lead over Team World after the first day's play.

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Team Europe has made a strong start to this year's Laver Cup, held in San Francisco. Norway's Casper Ruud, Czech Jakub Mensik and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz helped the side to a 3-1 lead over Team World after the first day's play.

In the opening match, Ruud beat American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-6.

Czech Jakub Mensik then overcame another American, Alex Michelsen, 6-1, 6-7, 10-8. Team World secured their first victory when Brazil's Joao Fonseca overcame Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 6-3. In the doubles, however, Alcaraz and Mensik were the superior pair, beating the American duo of Taylor Fritz and Alex Michelsen 7-6, 6-4.

The team tournament has been held annually since 2017. Team Europe have won the trophy on five occasions, while Team World has claimed it twice.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**