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Under the guidance of captain Andre Agassi, the defending side swept all four matches on Saturday to open up a 9-3 lead over Team Europe.De Minaur, who also partnered Alex Michelsen to a doubles victory over Holger Rune and Casper Ruud later in the day, credited Federer for inspiring a tactical masterstroke during his match against Zverev. With the slow court conditions demanding variety, the 26-year-old deployed a sliced backhand reminiscent of the Swiss legend\u2014who was watching courtside.\u201cThese courts and conditions are so slow and the ball bounces so low,\u201d De Minaur explained. \u201cAgainst Sasha, I\u2019m not going to be able to hit through him, so I\u2019ve got to bring variety. I\u2019ve got to bring my court craft, not only use my legs to recover balls, but also try to take time away. So, I\u2019m glad it all came together today.\u201dWhen pressed on his Federer-inspired tactic, he added with a smile: \u201cI don\u2019t want to say too much, but he wrote the playbook, I just read it.\u201dThe win marked another highlight in De Minaur\u2019s breakout season, with the world No. 8 stepping into Team World\u2019s lineup as a replacement for Frances Tiafoe.Reflecting on the Laver Cup experience, he praised the opportunity to learn from tennis greats Agassi and Pat Rafter:\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing, a week full of opportunities to learn and keep on improving. Hopefully, I\u2019m taking a couple of nuggets of information from these two, trying to make the court look small thanks to Andre and get myself at the net as much as possible.\u201dWith Francisco Cerundolo and Taylor Fritz also notching singles victories over Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz respectively, Team World heads into Sunday needing just two more wins to clinch the trophy.Team Europe, who edged last year\u2019s edition 13-11 thanks to Alcaraz\u2019s dramatic win over Fritz, must now mount a spirited comeback in the final four matches to retain their crown.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SME News Balkan. 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