A few months the bombshell news dropped that both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would play at the 2022 Laver Cup in London.
The event will be held in the legendary O2 arena in London where the ATP finals were played in the past decade. Tennis is is no stranger to that place and all players spoke fondly about the venue and atmosphere whenever they were in London. A couple of months later we have a new superstar in tennis with Carlos Alcaraz dominating the sport in the past several weeks.
Reports came out about Roger Federer trying to recruit Alcaraz for this year's Laver Cup that would see him play with some of the legends he idolised growing up. Now, Federer's agent Tony Godsick who is part of the Laver Cup cup as its chairman said:
“Captain Borg would love to have him on the team, as would we. I know some discussions have taken place. The indication I’ve heard from the team is that he’s excited about learning more. I’m optimistic that he’s going to play. He would be an incredible asset, not only this year, but in the future. So we’re really excited about making sure that he’s on Team Europe.”
Godsick further added:
"This is actually one of the reasons why we created it. Tennis was missing an opportunity for different generations to get together once a year. I don’t just mean the Rod Lavers and John McEnroes and Borgs to be able to be there, but I also mean exactly as this. Carlos Alcaraz: where or when will this guy who is a future mega superstar on the ATP Tour, who will win multiple slams assuming he doesn’t get hurt, where will he at this stage get a chance to interact and compete with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal?”
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