By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, September 20, 2024
American stars intention to retain the Laver Cup on North American soil.
Four American males—Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton—are among the many six gamers captain John McEnroe has chosen to the Team World roster.
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Tennis Channel will broadcast all of the motion from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada this weekend.
TC protection begins with the primary match on Friday, September twenty second at 4 p.m. Eastern time.
Tennis Channel’s Live 2023 Laver Cup Schedule
Friday, September 22: 4 p.m. Day Session (Two Singles)
Friday 10 p.m. Night Session (Singles, Doubles)
Saturday, September 23: 4 p.m. Day Session (Two Singles)
Saturday 10 p.m. Night Session (Singles, Doubles)
Sunday, September 24: 3 p.m. Day Session (Doubles, Singles if vital*)
The Americans on Team World shall be joined by Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Argentine Francisco Cerundolo. Auger-Aliassime is ranked among the many prime 15 singles gamers on the planet whereas Cerundolo is within the prime 25. Christopher Eubanks, an American who’s having a watershed 12 months in 2023 and has doubled as a Tennis Channel analyst throughout non-playing occasions in his profession, is an alternate on Team World, as is Canada’s Milos Raonic, a 2016 Wimbledon finalist.
Practice makes for #LaverCup victories. pic.twitter.com/JTB0aClMuf
— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 20, 2023
In addition to top-10 stars Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud, Team Europe options fan-favorite Gael Monfils, a French participant identified for his thrilling photographs and elastic on-court strikes. Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz and Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina are each ranked within the prime 25, and 19-year-old Arthur Fils of France rounds out the squad.
On court docket with a few aggressive Captains and America’s No.1 Taylor Fritz. Here we go @LaverCup 🚀 pic.twitter.com/1TKmcwKnOG
— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) September 20, 2023
Team World and Team Europe are captained by legendary Hall of Famers, on-court rivals and pals. John McEnroe has guided Team World yearly of the Laver Cup competitors, going through off towards Bjorn Borg for Team Europe. Their vice captains, respectively, are McEnroe’s brother Patrick, who led the United States to its most up-to-date Davis Cup championship in 2007, and Thomas Enqvist, a 1999 Australian Open singles finalist.
Named in honor of Rod Laver, the one participant to win all 4 majors in the identical 12 months twice, Laver Cup rotates annually between a European metropolis and a number outdoors the continent. Last 12 months in London was a breakthrough for Team World, which received the cup 13-8 after having misplaced the primary 4 competitions. Team Europe took house the trophy in Prague in 2017 (15-9), Chicago in 2018 (13-8), Geneva in 2019 (13-11) and Boston in 2021 (14-1). The competitors was not held in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This 12 months’s Laver Cup matches happen in Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, house to the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks.
Laver Cup’s revolutionary scoring format is designed to construct pleasure because the weekend progresses. There are three singles matches and a doubles match every of the primary two days. Every match is price one level on Friday and two factors on Saturday. Sunday encompasses a doubles and singles match, adopted by one or two singles matches if vital, with all matches price three factors. A closing doubles competitors is used within the occasion of a tie.
Photo credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty for Laver Cup
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