European team player Federer (center) delivered a speech at the award ceremony. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Chief Reporter Sun Haiguang) On September 26, the 2022 Laval Cup ended in London. The world team won all three games in the last match day, defeating the European team led by the "Big Four" 13-8, and won the championship for the first time in the 5 games. Federer, who just retired, said after the game that he would go to Vancouver with the team next year, but there is currently no plan to take over the captain of the European team.
Laver Cup is played for 3 days, consisting of 9 singles and 3 doubles. On the 1st day of the game, the winning team scored 1 point per game, the winning team scored 2 points per game on the 2nd day, and the winning team scored 3 points per game on the 3rd day, and the team that won 13 points won the championship.
The strong European team maintained a complete victory in the past 4 Laver Cups. In the fourth game in Boston last year, the European team without the "Big Four" swept the world team 14-1. This year's Laval Cup has attracted much attention because of Federer's retirement, and the European team has gathered the "Big Four" Federer, Nadal , Djokovic and Murray. However, after playing the first doubles with Federer, Nadal returned to Spain to accompany his wife who was about to give birth.
After the first two match days, the European team led the world team 8-4 under Djokovic. On the last match day, Sok /Aliasim defeated Beretini/Murray 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the doubles match, helping the world team to catch up to 7-8.
World team players held up trophy to celebrate at the award ceremony. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
In the subsequent singles match, Aliasim defeated Djokovic, who had an injury on his right wrist 6-3, 7-6 (3), and the world team overtook the European team 10-8. In the second singles game, , who had just reached the top 4 in , the US Open, , Tiafu, 4 sets to 7 in 4 sets, saved 4 match points. In the end, 1-6, 7-6 (11), 10-8 reversed Tsitsipas , helping the world team defeated the European team 13-8, and won the championship in 5 games in the Laver Cup. Next year, the Laver Cup will be moved to Vancouver.
"It's an incredible feeling, our captain is tired of losing, and he said we want to win the championship in the fifth attempt." Tiafo said that the world team showed great courage to win the game. In this year's Laver Cup, Tiafo is not the first choice for the world team. However, due to Isner's injury and his historic score in the US Open, Thiafo was selected by the world team captain McEnroe. In the first game, Thiafoe defeated the Federer/Nadal combination with Sok, which prevented Federer from ending his career with a victory. "I want to thank Federer for letting me participate in this incredible sport." Thiafo commented that Federer is a very outstanding person who has contributed everything to the sport of tennis.
European team captain Bjön Borg said that he was disappointed to lose the game, but he also said that being with this great team was a special experience. "We have the 'Big Four', they are different from young players. Now, one of the greatest players, Roger (Federer), has retired, and we are very sad about this."
Federer is one of the founders of the Laver Cup event. It is speculated that he may take over Bjön Borg after retirement and become the captain of the European team. However, the Swiss revealed this morning that there is no plan to take over the captain of the European team. "It may be one day, but not now."
edited by Wang Chunqiu
proofreading by Zhao Lin
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