Team World edged ahead with a mini-break, but Nadal and Federer struck back, only to spurn the first match point when Federer could only find the net. The breaker ebbed both ways, with a Federer ace helping Team Europe lead 6-5 before a volley winner made it 7-7. There was still time for a vintage Federer forehand winner, and then a second-set tie-break followed, which was dominated by Sock and Tiafoe 7-2 to setup a first-to-10 match tie-break. Pictures emerged on social media of Federer’s wife Mirka waiting in the wings, with tributes and tears inevitability to follow on court, but still there was a match to conclude, and a gutsy hold from Nadal made it 6-5 in Team Europe’s favour.
With that moment ahead of him, Federer stayed silent during the changeover, and there was a shift in the O2 atmosphere as well as the occasion dawned on the crowd too.
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