Fritz stuns Alcaraz to turn tide for Team World in Laver Cup

American Taylor Fritz stunned world number one Carlos Alcaraz as Team World turned things around to take a 9-3 lead on day two of the Laver Cup.

Team Europe had led 3-1 after Friday but Team World won all four matches in San Francisco on Saturday to turn the tide before Sunday's final day.

Fritz, who had not beaten Spaniard Alcaraz in three previous meetings, sealed a comprehensive 6-3 6-2 victory in the final singles match of the day.

The world number five said it was one of the best moments of his career so far.

"I think I take almost more pride in this one because I feel like, start to finish, I won it, I earned it," he said.

"A lot of the decisive points in the match weren't so much him giving them to me - I felt like I made it happen in those moments. Just start to finish, I played an amazing match. I'm hoping this can be a sign of things to come."

Alcaraz was on a 13-match winning run and was playing in his first singles match since winning the US Open, his sixth career Grand Slam, earlier this month.

Fritz overpowered Alcaraz from the baseline, hitting 17 winners and five aces while also showing good hands at the net, winning 16 of his 20 net points.

Victory also marked a first over a world number one player for Fritz, 27, and avenges last year's Laver Cup defeat by Alcaraz, which sealed the title for Team Europe.

That came after Australian Alex de Minaur had won Team World's first points of the day, shocking German world number three Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-4.

Then Argentine world number 21 Francisco Cerundolo secured an upset of his own - a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) victory over Danish world number 11 Holger Rune.

World number eight De Minaur then teamed up with American Alex Michelsen in the doubles to beat Casper Ruud and Rune 6-3 6-4 and complete a clean sweep of day two victories for Team World.

Match victories on the opening day of the Laver Cup were worth one point each, with two points awarded for wins on day two.

Team World need two more wins to reach the 13 points required to lift the title but holders Team Europe could still come back into it with each win worth three points on Sunday.

Europe have won five of the seven editions of the event.