Five best players at the 2019 Laver Cup

#3 Sascha Zverev (Team Europe)

Sascha Zverev rejoices after sealing Europe's third Laver Cup win in Geneva

Sascha Zverev teamed with Roger Federer to face Team World's Jack Sock and Denis Shapovalov in the first doubles tie of the 2019 Laver Cup.

Federer and Zverev were quick off the block as they took the opening set. In a tight second set, the duo survived set points before sealing a 6-4, 7-5 win in the longest doubles match at the Laver Cup. It was their first win in the competition (Team Europe's second win in seven doubles matches at the Laver Cup) following a loss to Sock and Nick Kyrgios in a match tiebreak in 2018.

Zverev(left) and Federer after their win over Sock and Shapovalov

On the second day, Sascha Zverev faced John Isner. He edged a tight first set on a tiebreak but Isner fought back to force a match tiebreak. Zverev won just one point as the young German's perfect singles record in the competition came to an end.

On the third day, Jack Sock and John Isner beat Roger Federer and Stefanos Tsitsipas to give Team World the lead for the first time in the tie. Taylor Fritz's win over Dominc Thiem swelled Team World's lead to 11-7. Federer beat John Isner in the next match to keep Team Europe's hopes alive as it came down to the duo of Zverev and Milos Raonic to decide the destination of the 2019 Laver Cup.

The young German rode on the momentum of Federer's win to take the opening set 6-4 but Raonic regrouped in the second set to force a match tiebreak. Pumped up by Federer and Rafael Nadal's encouraging pep-talk about 'turning his season around', Zverev dropped just four points in the match tiebreak to seal Team Europe's third title. It was also the second time in as many years that Zverev's win sealed Team Europe's Laver Cup triumph.