LONDON (AP) — Alexander Zverev added another highlight moment to his breakout season by clinching the decisive points that brought the Laver Cup back to Team Europe on Sunday.
Zverev — who captured his first two Grand Slam titles this year by winning the French Open and U.S. Open — beat Learner Tien 7-6 (3), 6-3 to make it a 13-5 victory for Europe.
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Team World's captain Andre Agassi watches Team World's Francisco Cerundolo play against Team Europe's Casper Ruud during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Carlos Alcaraz takes a selfie as team captain Yannick Noah holds the trophy celebrating with his team after they beat Team World to win the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe celebrate after Alexander Zverev, in bandana, beat Team World's Learner Tien to clinch the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Casper Ruud, Jakub Mensik, Carlos Alcaraz and Flavio Cobolli, from left, react as they watch Alexander Zverev play Team World's Learner Tien during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Flavio Cobolli, right, and Jakub Mensik react after beating Team World's Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur in a doubles match at the Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe celebrate after beating Team World to win the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Alexander Zverev reacts after winning a point against Team World's Learner Tien during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Zverev has been a part of all six Team Europe victories in the Ryder Cup-style event, and owns the most Laver Cup singles wins with eight.
“Winning as a team — there’s no better feeling in sports,” Zverev said. “We don’t have enough of it in tennis. Being among these great players you normally see across the net every single week, it’s just fun being out here.”
Team World had won in San Francisco last year.
It was an improved performance for Zverev after his nine-match winning streak in singles — his U.S. Open title and two Davis Cup victories for Germany last weekend — ended with a loss to Alex de Minaur on Saturday.
“I haven’t won a Laver Cup match in two years, so I’m happy I did it today,” Zverev said. “Massive credit to the entire Team World. They pushed us all the way again. ... We had a great team. We have a great team chemistry.”
The 13th-ranked Tien had beaten Flavio Cobolli in his Laver Cup debut on Saturday.
Earlier, Cobolli and Jakub Mensik extended Europe’s lead by beating De Minaur and Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-3 in doubles.
Zverev’s victory sealed with it three matches to spare — which meant that Carlos Alcaraz didn’t need to take the court for the third match of the day against De Minaur.
“We had three chances to close it out in singles,” Zverev said. “Especially with Carlos playing after me, it gave me a little bit of confidence.”
Using Zverev’s nickname, Team World captain Andre Agassi said during the trophy presentation: “Congratulations, Sascha, on the crazy year.”
Alcaraz won a doubles match with Mensik on Friday and a singles match over Fritz on Saturday.
Wins are worth one point on Friday, two points on Saturday and three points on Sunday. The first team to reach 13 points wins.
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Team World's captain Andre Agassi watches Team World's Francisco Cerundolo play against Team Europe's Casper Ruud during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Carlos Alcaraz takes a selfie as team captain Yannick Noah holds the trophy celebrating with his team after they beat Team World to win the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe celebrate after Alexander Zverev, in bandana, beat Team World's Learner Tien to clinch the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Casper Ruud, Jakub Mensik, Carlos Alcaraz and Flavio Cobolli, from left, react as they watch Alexander Zverev play Team World's Learner Tien during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Flavio Cobolli, right, and Jakub Mensik react after beating Team World's Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur in a doubles match at the Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe celebrate after beating Team World to win the Laver Cup tennis tournament in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
Team Europe's Alexander Zverev reacts after winning a point against Team World's Learner Tien during a Laver Cup tennis tournament match in London, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Baja California Sur state boarded up homes and workers hauled dirt and rubble to shore up embankments as Hurricane Polo bore down on the peninsula Monday, threatening high winds, floods and mudslides. Meanwhile, Hurricane Nolo could still bring torrential rain to parts of Hawaii even as the storm edged away from the state.
In Puerto San Carlos, a fishing town of about 5,700 people, some feared high tides and pounding waves from Polo could breach barriers and send seawater into the community. Some families planned to head to shelters in Ciudad Constitucion, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) away, while dozens of people elsewhere in the state were evacuated.
“Civil Protection told those of us here in San Carlos to evacuate because this is a high-risk area. With the current tides, the expected waves and the wind, the earthen barriers they built (to prevent flooding) could give way,” Rocío Sánchez, a fisherwoman, said.
Polo was a Category 3 storm with top sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) Monday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Forecasters said it would hit the Mexican mainland after lashing Baja California Sur with heavy rains, and that “life threatening winds and flash floods (were) expected to occur soon.” It could bring heavy rain and flooding to parts of the U.S. Southwest later in the week.
“Polo is forecast to be near major hurricane strength when it reaches Baja California Sur later today, and is anticipated to be a hurricane when it makes landfall in mainland Mexico late tonight or early Tuesday morning,” the center said.
By Monday morning, waves began to crash and flood coastal areas. Laura Velázquez, national coordinator of Mexico’s Civil Protection Agency, reported that Polo would make landfall later in the afternoon.
At a Monday morning news briefing, she urged residents to stay off the streets and seek shelter if their homes are at risk. She said travel will be suspended in the area where the hurricane was expected to make landfall and that ports across the region would be closed.
Nolo, meanwhile, was well southwest of Hawaii and moving away from the Big Island as the weekend drew to a close, but a wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Monday morning. Nolo’s maximum sustained winds increased to near 155 mph (249 kph).
Storm activity in the Pacific has been above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec. He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.
With Polo approaching Mexico, the Mexican navy said it has gathered personnel and humanitarian aid in the ports of Guaymas and Mazatlan, on the Pacific Coast, and deployed three vessels that could ship aid to coastal communities isolated by the storm.
One of the towns in the hurricane’s projected path is San Juanico, a small fishing community on Baja’s Pacific coast. The town has only had full-time electricity for a few years, and still experiences frequent outages. There is concern that washed-out roads could block access to medical facilities.
“Our people are concerned about this event,” said Gloriely Robles Meza, a manager at a small hotel. “We haven’t faced such a worrying situation in many years.”
Robles Meza said Sunday that army soldiers arrived in San Juanico to prepare a shelter and provide support for possible emergencies.
Also Sunday, Tropical Storm Rachel formed well off Mexico's southwest coast. The hurricane center said Monday that Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and was located about 225 miles (365 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect.
Forecasters said Nolo’s outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. Heavy rain also was expected on the other islands.
More than 120 National Guard members were activated, part of roughly 400 statewide after the governor issued an emergency proclamation. U.S. President Donald Trump recently approved an emergency declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate assistance and provide funding support.
National Hurricane Center specialist Elizabeth Adams said Monday that Nolo was closing in on Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a marine conservation area northwest of the islands.
“We are expecting conditions to rapidly deteriorate near that national monument,” she said.
Power outages persist on Maui, with over 10,000 households and businesses lacking electricity Monday morning, according to poweroutage.us, primarily on the west side of the island.
Most of the outages were related to storm damage, according to statements from Hawaiian Electric. High winds of over 60 mph (96.5 kph) Sunday prevented helicopters from flying over mountain ridges this weekend to assess transmission line damage, the utility said, adding that it expected the outages to persist until midday Monday.
The utility this weekend also de-energized lines around a brush fire that broke out Saturday, prompting evacuation orders several miles south of Lahaina town, the site of the 2023 deadly fires. Those evacuation orders were lifted Monday morning.
Hawaii residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.
Photojournalist Eduardo Verdugo contributed from Puerto San Carlos, Mexico; reporter Megan Janetsky contributed from Mexico City; reporter Julie Walker reported from New York. Videojournalist Eugene Garcia and photographer Gregory Bull contributed from Hilo, Hawaii.
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nolo, left, south of Hawaii; Hurricane Odalys, middle, and Hurricane Polo, right, off the coast of Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
Workers build a barricade to help keep water out of their town as Hurricane Polo approaches in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A man boards up a house's windows as Hurricane Polo approaches in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Workers build a barricade to help keep water out of their town as Hurricane Polo approaches in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Peggy McKibbin looks at where floodwaters from nearby Hurricane Nolo run past widespread damage from last month's Hurricane Lala Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Naalehu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Fire Captain Lui Sales of the Hawaii Fire Department looks for residents to help as rainwater from nearby Hurricane Nolo flood a section of Mamalahoa highway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, near Naalehu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A man rides with his son near where a home was destroyed during last month's Hurricane Lala, as floodwaters from Hurricane Nolo recedes Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Naalehu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
