The beauty of the Laver Cup as an entertainment product is that, with its match tiebreaks and escalating-points structure, every moment feels meaningful and competitive. No player or team ever feels out until the match is over. This is especially true when reliable servers like Roger Federer, Nick Kyrgios and John Isner are playing.
The first two matches on Saturday both went to super tiebreaks: Isner bested Alexander Zverev, and Federer came back from a set down to beat Kyrgios. And everyone involved—on the court, in the stands and on the bench—was very much enjoying the ride.
Here are the best moments from Saturday's day session:
1
Slick Nick
Isner had to fight for every inch in his 6-7 (2), 6-4, 10-1 defeat of Zverev, and, in the business end of the first set, he demonstrated deft play from every corner of the court—this point ended with a slap-smash winner, and with Kyrgios doing some kind of slip-and-slide Superman thing: