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Earlier on Wednesday, Britain's Murray was named as the third
member of six-man Team Europe along with Federer and Nadal,
leaving tennis fans relishing the prospect of Djokovic joining
his long-time rivals at the ATP-sanctioned event.
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 would be very unique. It is a possibility," Djokovic told
reporters after booking his spot in the third round of
Wimbledon.
"My agent has communication with the Laver Cup team. We have an
agreement that there will be a decision after Wimbledon is
finished."
Nadal, Djokovic, Federer and Murray have dominated men's tennis
in the last two decades having won 65 Grand Slam titles between
them.
London's O2 Arena, which hosted the men's season-ending ATP
Finals from 2009 to 2020, will stage the Laver Cup from Sept.
23-25 with Team Europe, captained by Bjorn Borg, having won all
the previous editions.
Team World captain John McEnroe has named Felix Auger-Aliassime,
Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman as three members of his team.
Djokovic played in the second edition of the tournament in 2018.
"Laver Cup is the only competition where you can have all the
big rivals, the big three, big four players joining in the same
team," Djokovic said.
"Of course, it is very different and exciting concept for us
players, but also for the fans around the world.
"The O2 Arena is familiar venue for me and for us players... I
think the tradition here in Britain for tennis has contributed
to a very successful event (ATP Finals) over the course of more
than 10 years. So, of course, it would be a pleasure to play
there again."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Ed Osmond)
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