By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Holger Rune is becoming a member of Team Europe.
The seventh-ranked Dane, one of many quickest rising younger gamers on the ATP Tour, will be part of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev on Team Europe because it seeks to avenge final 12 months’s loss to Team World on the Laver Cup.
Team Europe gained the primary 4 editions of the worldwide group competitors.
“I’m so honored to be part of Team Europe in Vancouver this year,” mentioned Rune. “I’ve watched Laver Cup over the past few years and love the event. The competition is so intense and getting to really know the personalities of your rivals so unique. It has been a goal of mine to make the team and I can’t wait to be a part of it.”
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Nick Kyrgios have up to now been named for Team World.
Super excited and honoured about this 🙌🏽 @LaverCup https://t.co/46i8VosNPY
— Holger Rune (@holgerrune2003) April 25, 2023
The prime three-ranked gamers for every group earn a assured invitation based mostly on their ATP singles rating on the Monday after Wimbledon (July 17, 2023). If a prime three-ranked participant chooses to not take part, the supply shall be made to a different high-ranked participant. The remaining three shall be Captains’ picks and named any time earlier than the beginning of the US Open. With the naming of Tsitsipas, Rublev and Rune earlier than the qualification deadline, Borg is committing to make use of a number of of his Captain’s picks if wanted to ensure their participation.
Single-session tickets to the Laver Cup go on sale on Friday, April 28 at 10:00AM PDT by way of Ticketmaster. Single-session tickets shall be obtainable for every of the 5 periods, beginning at CAD$35 for Friday’s day session and CAD$50 for all different periods (excluding tax & charges).
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