France, Sept. 20 -- Team Europe, led by the French former tennis star Yannick Noah, took a 3-1 lead over Team World into the second day of the Laver Cup tennis competition in San Francisco.

Casper Ruud beat Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-6 to hand Team Europe the opening point in the 2025 tournament at the Chase Center on Friday.

Jakob Mensik, making his debut at the event, doubled the advantage. The 20-year-old Czech repaid Noah's faith seeing offAlex Michelsen in three sets.

Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca halved the deficit with a straight sets victory over Flavio Cobolli.

World number one Carlos Alcaraz, playing his first match since claiming the US Open title in New York, joined forces with Mensik in the night session to claim the doubles ...