Fedex propels Team Europe

Fedex propels Team Europe
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Team Europe\'s Swiss superstar Roger Federer on Saturday overpowered Team World\'s American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 in the Laver Cup\'s second day.  The 19-time Grand Slam champion, world No. 2, needed just 68 minutes to give Team Europe a 5-1 lead in the tie.

Prague: Team Europe's Swiss superstar Roger Federer on Saturday overpowered Team World's American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 in the Laver Cup's second day. The 19-time Grand Slam champion, world No. 2, needed just 68 minutes to give Team Europe a 5-1 lead in the tie.

Team Europe ended the first day of competition with a 3-1 lead thanks to three singles, but suffered one doubles defeat. On Friday, Croatian world No.5 Marin Cilic defeated American Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-0), while Austrian world No.7 Dominic Thiem edged American John Isner 6-7 (15-17), 7-6 (7-2), 10-7 and Germany's Alexander Zverev prevailed over Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5).

The Laver Cup features a unique format in which three singles and one doubles match will be played on each of the three days and the points received per match victory will increase every day (one point per match on Friday, two points per contest on Saturday and three points per match on Sunday).

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