Europe fought back to win their first Laver Cup for three years after Carlos Alcaraz beat Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 in the deciding match in Berlin on Sunday. The win gave Europe a 13-11 success after they had been behind to Team World for the whole of the final day in the men's tennis equivalent of golf's Ryder Cup.

BERLIN — Team World just needs two more match wins to claim the Laver Cup a third straight time. Team World won three of four matches from Team Europe on Saturday to take an 8-4 points lead into the third and final day in Berlin.

Team World needed one victory from their final two matches to seal a third successive Laver Cup but wins from Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz snatched glory

Team World and Team Europe were level after victories by Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo for Team World and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece for Team Europe on the first day of the Laver Cup tournament at the Uber Arena on Friday.

Europe's Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud combined to beat Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) in doubles on Sunday to cut the World's lead to 8-7 on the final day of the Laver Cup. In the equivalent of golf's Ryder Cup for men's tennis,

Stefanos Tsitsipas has pulled Team Europe even with Team World at the Laver Cup by beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4 in Berlin. Team World led after Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina topped Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4,