TAG: Laver Cup
The eighth edition of Laver Cup in San Francisco last month was the most successful of all. The event started in 2017 with six sponsors, now there are a total of 22 sponsors involved, including Rolex, Mercedes Benz, UBS. An insider source said the event is “profitable” and so far in total has “written checks […] Continue to read full article...
Laver Cup broke it’s own attendance records this past weekend in San Francisco. Next year it shifts back to O2 Arena in London. Founder Roger Federer said on Andy Roddick’s podcast Served that he would like to stage future Laver Cups in South America, Asia and also Grand Slam venues. American Learner Tien was down […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Coco Gauff · Laver Cup · Learner Tien · Roger Federer
Rory McIlroy sunk a 25 foot putt to go up by two strokes today in the Ryder Cup and then he roared COME ON!!!! with so much emotional adrenaline the TV announcer commented, ‘It’s like he won a Grand Slam.” Yes, even golf broadcasters are stunned that golf and the Ryder Cup has borrowed the […] Continue to read full article...
Despite all the fancy packaging and heavy promotion, the Laver Cup is the most boring tournament in ATP history. It lacks the energy, tension, nerves, raw unscripted emotion of any normal tournament, amateur or pro. The whole World vs Europe rivalry does not work. Tennis trying to manufacture artificial rivalries is a failure. Perhaps the […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski The Laver Cup is a fading, declining idea which probably will not survive much longer without the star power of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to build it’s production around. Fritz vs Ruud and Cerundolo vs Zverev exhibition matchups have very limited appeal. I wonder how an anti Laver Cup would do, a […] Continue to read full article...
You can always count on Daniil Medvedev to speak the truth without fear of ruffling the feathers of the tennis establishment. The Russian former world no. 1 said Laver Cup is practically a paid vacation for the players invited to play. “It’s actually very easy. Usually (on the ATP World Tour) against many of these […] Continue to read full article...
Sep/24
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Federer Analyzes and Coaches Zverev On How To Win A Grand Slam
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
Alexander Zverev has a new coach – Roger Federer has generously offered the German star on what he needs to do to win his first Grand Slam title. Federer would know, he’s won 20 Grand Slam titles… Roger Federer has detected some flaws in Zverev’s mindset and tactical philosophy ‘To win a Grand Slam, you […] Continue to read full article...
Roger Federer was an artist, he played improvisational, free style, elegant, evolving tennis. He wasn’t limited to anything. I think he should take the same philosophy for his brainstorm Laver Cup exhibition. The World vs Europe format is not interesting or exciting like it’s blueprint inspiration Ryder Cup which features USA vs Europe. Laver Cup […] Continue to read full article...
Mar/24
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Federer Not Thrilled With Evolution Of Modern Tennis
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
A 20-time Grand Slam champion is not overly thrilled by the direction the modern game of professional tennis is evolving towards. Roger Federer told Gentleman’s Quarterly magazine that today’s game is starting to lack variety and his goal when he was on the ATP World Tour from 1998-2022 was to mix things up: “What we […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · Laver Cup · Roger Federer · Tim Henman · Tommy Paul
Rod Laver, the winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles and the Grand Slam of 1962 and 1969, was active on Twitter today sharing some of his thoughts and views… Continue to read full article...
