Updated
19/09/2021
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Enext weekend, from September 24 to 26, is held at the TD Garden, the usual home court of the NBA Celtics, the fourth edition of the Laver Cup. In 2020 it could not be disputed as a result of the pandemic.
The European team, I won in Prague (2017), Chicago (2018) and Geneva (2019), is for the second time as a visitor to the rest of the world team.
The main hndicap for the players of the old continent will be the sensitive ones casualties of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the three members of the ‘Big Three’ who will not be in Boston for different reasons.
In the case of Nadal and Federer, by injury, and Djokovic, by calendar. Bjrn Borg has drawn up a call with relevant names such as Daniil Medvedev, brand new champion in the last US Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev, Matteo Berrettini y Casper Ruud.
Complete the formation Feliciano Lpez, who will be the reserve player as he was Roberto Bautista in the 2019 edition that took place in Geneva. and Fernando Verdasco at the 2017 premiere in Prague. Nadal played and won for Europe in 2017 and 2019.
The Toledo, who this week has had the good news of announcing the extension of the agreement by which the Mutua Madrid Open stays in the capital of Spain at least until 2030, will be 40 years old tomorrow.
The rest of the world team, with John McEnroe as captain, will put the Canadians in the battle Felix Auger-Aliassime y Denis Shapovalov, the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the americans John Isner y Reilly Opelka and the australian Nick kyrgios. The alternate is Jack Sock.
It should be remembered that Boston is a strategic stop for tennis players in the United States since just after, from October 7 to 17, returns the Masters 1.000 of Indian Wells, canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic and displaced in its dates this year for the same reason.
Feli, in position 111 of the ATP ranking, is aimed at the challenger of Orleans (France).
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