‘Prime Time’ Tiafoe Lifts Team World to 1st Laver Cup Win

‘Prime Time’ Tiafoe Lifts Team World to 1st Laver Cup Win
Team World's Frances Tiafoe gestures during his singles tennis match against Team Europe's Stefanos Tsitsipas on the third day of the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 arena in London on Sept. 25, 2022. Kin Cheung/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LONDON—The last to arrive, befitting his reputation in the locker room, Frances Tiafoe strutted into the post-match news conference after clinching Team World’s Laver Cup victory over Roger Federer’s star-studded Team Europe and shouted, “Champs are here!”

Then the 24-year-old from Maryland joined his teammates at the table where the silver trophy was resting Sunday night, put down a bottle of water, pulled a Budweiser out of his red jacket and smiled that wide smile of his.