21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will make his second Laver Cup look when Europe takes on the World at The O2 in London from September 23-25, 2022.
Novak is the fourth member of Crew Europe Captain Bjorn Borg’s six-man workforce, becoming a member of Rafael Nadal (Spain), Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Andy Murray (Nice Britain).
Crew Europe is undefeated in Laver Cup competitors, now in its fifth yr. They gained in Prague 2017, Chicago 2018, Geneva 2019 and Boston 2021.
Crew World Captain John McEnroe introduced his first three gamers: Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada), Taylor Fritz (USA) and Diego Schwartzman (Argentina).
“Laver Cup is the one competitors the place you’ll be able to have all the large rivals, the large three, massive 4 gamers becoming a member of in the identical workforce,” Novak mentioned. “It’s a very completely different and thrilling idea for us gamers, but in addition for the followers around the globe. The O2 Enviornment is a well-recognized venue for me and for us gamers. We’ve been enjoying greater than 10 years the World Tour Finals in that enviornment. It is going to be a pleasure to play there once more.”
The competitors pits six high European gamers in opposition to six of their counterparts from the remainder of the world. There are 12 matches performed over three days (9 singles and three doubles). Every match victory on day 1 is value one level, on day 2 two factors, and on day 3 three factors. The primary workforce to assert 13 factors win the match. Every participant takes the court docket a few times for singles, with at the very least 4 of the six participating in doubles. All matches are performed as best-of-three, with a 10-point tiebreaker if play goes to a 3rd set.
The match is called after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, one of many best gamers within the historical past of the game. Roger Federer’s administration firm, TEAM8, Brazilian businessman and former Davis Cup participant Jorge Paulo Lemann and Tennis Australia partnered to create the Laver Cup.
