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BOSTON (AP) The pandemic-delayed fourth edition of the Laver Cup - and first without Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic participating - began Friday with Team Europe taking a 3-1 lead over Team World thanks to victories in singles from Matteo Berrettini, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev.

Italy's Berrettini, the runner-up to Djokovic at Wimbledon in July, saved 12 of 13 break points and came back to edge Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in a match tiebreaker 6-7 (3), 7-5, 10-8.

That came after Norway's Ruud broke American Reilly Opelka in the third game and again to end the opening set along the way to a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory on a hard court at the arena used by the NBA's Celtics and NHL's Bruins.

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