World’s best tennis players descend on Bay Area for Laver Cup

A dozen of the greatest players in all of tennis are heading to the Bay Area for the Laver Cup The Laver what OK we understand that the general sports fan still might not be all that familiar with this three-day tennis tournament which was founded by eight-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer and other hardcourt heavyweights back in in honor of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver To tennis aficionados however the Laver Cup has briskly become one of the sport s premier annual events drawing fans from multiple countries to cheer on their favorite players each year And now the Laver Cup is set to make its West Coast debut as superstar Carlos Alcaraz top-ranked American man Taylor Fritz and other marquee players battle it for global supremacy Friday through Sunday at Chase Center in San Francisco We ve got an incredible lineup of players Laver Cup CEO Steve Zacks declared during a media day event at Chase Center on Monday Carlos Alcaraz will be here in his first tournament since he won the U S Open He s now a six-time grand slam champion No in the world The -year-old Spaniard will be leading Band Europe in a battle with Band World aka everyplace that is not Europe in this eighth edition of the Laver Cup Joining Alcaraz is the world No Alexander Zverev Germany who has been dominant at past Laver Cups Alex will be playing his sixth Laver Cup which is a record Zacks commented He s also undefeated as a member of Organization Europe Laver Cup CEO Steve Zacks left stands next to Golden State President and COO Brandon Schneider as they pose for a photograph with the Laver Cup at Chase Center in San Francisco Calif on Monday Sept The Laver Cup will be held from Sept - This is the first time the prestigious men's association tennis event will be held on the U S West Coast Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group Filling out the six-member Crew Europe are No Holger Rune Denmark No Casper Rudd Norway No Jakub Mensik Czech Republic and No Flavio Cobolli Italy Unit Europe s captain is Yannick Noah a Frenchman who won the French Open in and its vice captain is Tim Henman who was the top-rated British contestant for several years in the s and early s Club World is led by the top-ranked American and No overall on the ATP men s rankings Fritz who has one Masters title on the books the Indian Wells Open and was a finalist at the US Open Fritz will be battling for Laver Cup honors alongside No Alex de Minaur Australia No Francisco Cerundolo Argentina No Alex Michelsen U S No Jo o Fonseca Brazil and No Reilly Opelka U S The Band World roster was originally supposed to look much different but then a number of the top-ranked Americans dropped out due to injury the preponderance latest of which was Frances Tiafoe whose spot was then filled by de Minaur A detail view of the Laver Cup on display at Chase Center in San Francisco Calif on Monday Sept The Laver Cup will be held from Sept - This is the first time the prestigious men's association tennis event will be held on the U S West Coast Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group We will miss Frances resource and encounter in San Francisco stated Crew World Captain Andre Agassi a winner of eight major during his career However we couldn t be more thrilled to add one of the best and the bulk in-form players in the world to our crew I ve admired the way Alex plays and competes from afar and now look forward to having a front row seat to watching him perform Agassi is joined in the coaching ranks by Vice Captain Pat Rafter who won back-to-back U S Open singles titles in the late s The goal for both squads over the subject of three days is to be the first one to reach points and thus claim the Laver Cup trophy Related Articles Serena and Venus Williams are launching a podcast called Stockton Street on X Photos Tennis star s former Bay Area mansion listed for million Lakers star Luka Doncic buys Maria Sharapova s California mansion for million Carlos Alcaraz beats Jannik Sinner in U S Open final attended by Donald Trump Steph Curry Sabalenka beats Anisimova to repeat as U S Open women s singles champion The scoring works like this Each match won on Day counts for one point then two points on Day and at last three points on the last day Thus far Gang Europe with its star-studded lineups has done a much better job at reaching that magic number and holds a decisive - edge in the all-time Laver Cup series Association Europe once again won the trophy last year triumphing over the World by a sum of to in Berlin This is the third time that the Laver Cup has been held in the United States following installments in Chicago in and Boston in Ticket sales have been quite strong for the three days according to Brandon Schneider COO of the Golden State Warriors yet particular ducats still remain Visit lavercup com for details Tennis participant Casper Ruud practices inside Chase Center in San Francisco Calif on Monday Sept The Laver Cup will be held from Sept - This is the first time the prestigious men's gang tennis event will be held on the U S West Coast Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group