Tennis-Team Europe cruise past Team World to win sixth Laver Cup title欧洲网球队轻松击败世界队，第六次赢得拉沃尔杯冠军
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - World number two Alexander Zverev sealed Team Europe's record-extending sixth Laver Cup title with a straight-sets victory over American Learner Tien, giving them a 13-5 win against Team World at London's O2 Arena on Sunday.
Tennis - Laver Cup - O2 Arena, London, Britain - September 27, 2026 Team Europe's Alexander Zverev celebrates with teammates after winning his match against Team World's Learner Tien to win the Laver Cup REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - World number two Alexander Zverev sealed Team Europe's record-extending sixth Laver Cup title with a straight-sets victory over American Learner Tien, giving them a 13-5 win against Team World at London's O2 Arena on Sunday.
Team Europe, captained by Yannick Noah, entered the third and final day needing two victories to reclaim the trophy.
Sunday's matches were worth three points each, with the first team to reach 13 points claiming the Laver Cup. Match wins were worth one point on Friday and two points on Saturday.
French Open runner-up Flavio Cobolli of Italy teamed up with Czech Jakub Mensik to open the final day's action, moving Team Europe to within one win of the title after a 7-5 6-3 victory over Team World's Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur that extended their lead to 10-5.
French Open and US Open champion Zverev then took centre stage against Tien, with the German prevailing 7-6(3) 6-3 to seal the title for Europe.
The victory marked the fourth time Zverev had helped to clinch the Laver Cup for Team Europe. He also secured the winning points in Chicago in 2018, Geneva in 2019, and in Boston in 2021 when he won the doubles alongside Russian Andrey Rublev.
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, a co-founder and co-owner of the Laver Cup, were among the spectators at a packed O2 Arena.
Team World is made up of players from continents outside Europe. The annual tournament, which began in 2017, is intended to be tennis' equivalent of golf's Ryder Cup.
Team Europe lifted the trophy in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024 before adding this year's crown, while Team World won the title in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
The 2027 edition, which will mark the tournament's 10th staging, will be held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Goa; editing by Clare Fallon)
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网球 - 拉沃尔杯 - 英国伦敦O2体育馆 - 2026年9月27日 欧洲队选手亚历山大·兹维列夫在战胜世界队选手田利纳后与队友庆祝，赢得拉沃尔杯冠军。（路透社/迪伦·马丁内斯摄）
伦敦，9 月 27 日（路透社）——世界排名第二的亚历山大·兹维列夫 (Alexander Zverev) 直落两局击败美国选手田仁 (Learner Tien)，帮助欧洲队在周日于伦敦 O2 体育馆举行的拉沃尔杯决赛中以 13-5 战胜世界队，从而为欧洲队锁定了创纪录的第六个拉沃尔杯冠军。
由扬尼克·诺亚担任队长的欧洲队进入第三天也是最后一天的比赛，需要取得两场胜利才能重新夺回奖杯。
周日的比赛每场计3分，率先达到13分的球队将赢得拉沃尔杯。周五的比赛赢球得1分，周六的比赛赢球得2分。
法国网球公开赛亚军意大利选手弗拉维奥·科博利与捷克选手雅库布·门西克搭档，拉开了决赛日的序幕。他们以 7-5 6-3 战胜世界队的泰勒·弗里茨和亚历克斯·德米纳尔，将欧洲队的领先优势扩大到 10-5，距离冠军仅差一场胜利。
法国网球公开赛和美国网球公开赛冠军兹维列夫随后与田天成展开对决，德国选手以 7-6(3) 6-3 获胜，为欧洲队锁定冠军。
这场胜利标志着兹维列夫第四次帮助欧洲队赢得拉沃尔杯。他此前还在2018年芝加哥、2019年日内瓦和2021年波士顿为欧洲队赢得冠军，其中在波士顿，他与俄罗斯选手安德烈·鲁布列夫搭档赢得了双打冠军。
好莱坞明星莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥和瑞士网球巨星罗杰·费德勒（拉沃尔杯的联合创始人兼共同所有者）也到场观看了这场座无虚席的 O2 体育馆的比赛。
世界队由来自欧洲以外各大洲的球员组成。这项始于2017年的年度赛事，旨在成为网球界的莱德杯。
欧洲队在 2017 年、2018 年、2019 年、2021 年和 2024 年捧起了奖杯，并在今年再次夺冠；而世界队则在 2022 年、2023 年和 2025 年赢得了冠军。
2027 年的比赛将是该赛事的第 10 届，比赛将在加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德的 Intuit Dome 举行。
（果阿邦 Pearl Josephine Nazare 报道；Clare Fallon 编辑）
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