ATP Flavio Cobolli Jakub Mensik Alexande Zverev Laver Cup 2026

Menzik and Cobolli succeed, and Zverev has the chance to clinch the Laver Cup

Andrés Tomás Rico - 27 Sep 2026
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Mensik and Cobolli succeed, and Zverev has the chance to clinch the Laver Cup. Photo: Getty Images

The European team of the Laver Cup won't let up on the gas pedal. After withstanding the onslaught from the Rest of the World team at the beginning of Saturday's session, which saw them go ahead 5-3, Yannick Noah's team put on their work clothes and has since continued to win.

If Zverev defeats Tien, Europe will have won the Laver Cup 2026

Yesterday it was Carlos Alcaraz and then the doubles of Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev. And in the first match of Sunday, Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli defeated Taylor Fritz and Alex de Miñaur 7-5, 6-3, putting the score at 10-5 (Sunday matches count for 3). In this way, Zverev has the first opportunity to reach the 13 points necessary to win the tournament. If he defeats Learner Tien, the Laver Cup 2026 will stay in Europe.

Yet at the start of the doubles match, things looked grim for the European team as Fritz and De Miñaur broke in the first game of the match and went ahead 3-1 with a break point for 4-1 and serve. But Cobolli and Mensik held on and broke back to make it 4-4. From there, the Italian and the Czech picked up momentum, while the American and the Australian shrank until the final score of 7-5, 6-3.

It is worth noting that if Zverev loses to Tien, the provisional score would be 10-8, and then it would be Alcaraz's turn to face a De Miñaur who still does not know what it is like to defeat the Spaniard. But if today he were to achieve his first win, the Rest of the World would move ahead of Europe, and the final match would decide the winner. That match would be played by Rafael Jódar and Taylor Fritz.
 

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Mensik y Cobolli cumplen y Zverev tiene la oportunidad de sentenciar la Laver Cup