Alex de Minaur may have ended up with a bloodied knee from a typically fearless diving volley but he was happy to draw blood for Team World by saving a match point en route to downing tennis's man of the moment Alexander Zverev at the Laver Cup.
Helping drag Andre Agassi's side back into the three-day event at London's O2 Arena, the Australian, who simply thrives in team competition, maintained his 100% singles win record against Europe in Laver Cup duels, fighting back to defeat double grand slam champ Zverev 2-6 7-6 (7-5) [11-9].
Despite the win, it was still advantage Team Europe at the end of day two, Zverev atoning for his singles defeat by teaming up with Casper Ruud to beat Team World pair Brandon Nakashima and Alexander Bublik. 6-4 7-6 (9-7) in the doubles.
