Epic Showdown: The Teams For Roger Federer’s Laver Cup 2023 Revealed! © Getty Images Sport/Julian Finney
John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg have completed their respective teams and are ready to face off in the sixth edition of the Laver Cup. Team World managed to break Team Europe’s four-year winning streak last year.
A win overshadowed by Roger Federer’s retirement. The Swiss legend greeted all his fans right at the Laver Cup by playing a final doubles match with friend Rafael Nadal. None of the “Big 3” will be released from March 22nd.
Taking to the pitch in Vancouver September 24-24: This is the second time this has happened at the event honoring Rod Laver.
The selection of John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg
John McEnroe will be able to count on Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Tommy Paul, Francisco Cerundolo and Ben Shelton.
McEnroe explained: “I’m looking forward to bringing the whole team together in Vancouver. It is a talented group with experience and youth. Fritz, Tiafoe, Auger-Aliassime and Paul all contributed to last year’s win in London and that gives us a lot of confidence for the upcoming edition.
We feel we have a great chance.” Team Europe, on the other hand, is made up of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurkacz and Gael Monfils. The Frenchman will be making his debut at the tournament and will captain Borg for Thank you for the opportunity: “I have never competed in the Laver Cup and to be selected at this point in my career is truly a privilege.
I want to thank Borg for giving me this opportunity. I’ll do my best for the team.” Borg said he was quite happy with his team: “I’m very happy with my team.
Hubert and Gael are two great newcomers. We should be favourites, at least on paper. But it’s never easy. We can’t wait to get to Vancouver. We will be ready to give everything to win the title.”
2023-08-24 16:22:24
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