Laver Cup is the latest attempt in tennis at creating a new premium event, inspired by Ryder Cup in golf. The inaugural edition became a roaring success. When I first heard about Laver Cup I can admit I was skeptical. The Ryder Cup has been around since 1979 and to make an individual sport into a relevant team tournament isn’t an easy feat. It takes time and hard work. But the organizers had surely worked hard around the Laver Cup. The setting was spectacular, the court and surroundings were dramatically blacked-out, the scoring system carefully selected and the teams, who looked kind …
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Laver Cup tennis event
Laver Cup is the latest attempt in tennis at creating a new premium event, inspired by Ryder Cup in golf. Two teams filled with stars will battle it out over a weekend. The format is similar to Ryder Cup, but instead of Europe vs USA, in Laver Cup it is Europe vs the World. This is the line-up of the two different teams: TEAM EUROPE with captain Björn Borg Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Marin Cilic Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev Tomas Berdych TEAM WORLD with captain John McEnroe Jack Sock Nick Kyrgios John Isner Sam Querrey Denis Shapovalov Frances Tiafoe The …