Djokovic joins Nadal, Federer, Murray for Team Europe at Laver Cup
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 [July 22, 2022] (Reuters)
- Tennis fans are used to seeing Rafa
Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray fight tooth and
nail to beat each other at the Grand Slams but the "Big Four" are
set to play together in the same team for the first time at the
Laver Cup in London.
Wimbledon champion Djokovic on Friday was named as the fourth member
of the six-man Team Europe, the 35-year-old Serb joining his
long-time rivals at the fifth edition of the ATP-sanctioned event
from Sept. 23-25.
Named after Australian great Rod Laver, the three-day team event
pits six of Europe's top players against six from the rest of the
world.
"It's the only competition where you can play in a team environment
with guys that you're normally competing against and to be joining
Rafa, Roger and Andy – three of my biggest all-time rivals – it's
going to be a truly unique moment in the history of our sport,"
Djokovic said in a statement.
Nadal, Djokovic, Federer and Murray have dominated men's tennis over
the last two decades, winning 66 Grand Slam titles between them.
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Nadal holds a men's record 22 Grand Slam titles
with Djokovic, who played in the second edition of the Laver Cup in
2018, one behind.
London's O2 Arena, which hosted the men's season-ending ATP Finals
from 2009 to 2020, will stage the Cup with Team Europe, captained by
Bjorn Borg, having won all the previous editions.
"I don't think I could have imagined having these
four icons of the sport on one team together," said Borg. "I know
they, like I, appreciate the significance of this moment and will be
truly up for it.
"Each year our goal is to win. With Rafa, Roger, Andy and Novak on
the team, I like our chances."
Team World captain John McEnroe has named Felix Auger-Aliassime,
Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman as three members of his team.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Peter Rutherford)
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