The Laver Cup wants to be the Ryder Cup of tennis. Do its stars need that pressure?
BERLIN — “Vamoooooos,” a roar, and the ball skied in celebration.Carlos Alcaraz did what he normally does when he wins a tennis match — except this time he was dressed all in blue, playing on a black court, and about to be mobbed by Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Daniil Medvedev, men whose dreams of Grand Slam titles he has spent most of his career dashing.In dismantling U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz, 6-2, 7-5, Alcaraz clinched the 2024 Laver Cup for Team Europe, securing a 13-11 victory over Team World here in the German capital.Not 36 hours earlier, he used…
