Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and the Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik topped Americans Taylor Fritz and Alex Michelsen in the final match of the night and Team Europe took a 3-1 lead over Team World at the Laver Cup in San Francico on Friday.
The three-day hardcourt event features three singles matches and one doubles match per day, from Friday through Sunday. A match win Friday was worth one point. Wins are two points on Saturday and three points on Sunday. The first team to 13 points wins the event.
On Friday, Norway's Casper Ruud opened play with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Reilly Opelka for the first point. Mensik made it 2-0 in favor of Europe when he downed Michelsen 6-1, 6-7 (3), 10-8.
Brazil's Joao Fonseca got a point back for Team World with a 6-4, 6-3 win Italy's Flavio Cobolli, but the Wo