We want to make Laver Cup a festival of tennis, says Roger Federer
For Roger Federer, the 2019 Laver Cup will definitely be special as it takes place in Geneva. The Swiss lives near Zurich and he will feel the crowd's support. In a conference call, Federer, who enjoyed some holidays after the Australian Open, said: "First of all, I'm very happy to be always in Switzerland. I haven't been home for a while now, so it's nice to be back home. Also in Geneva, I spent some time here but actually not maybe as much as I would have hoped over the years. I have spent more time in Lausanne, you know, up to the lake here. But I love being in the city and it's nice to see Mark here, my good friend. I love being here right now introducing the tickets going on sale in September here in Switzerland, because the goal was never to actually bring the Laver Cup to Switzerland in my lifetime, you know.
I just thought let's create a great event together with Tony (Godsick, his agent) and some friends and come up with a great concept where we can honor legends of the game, and at the same time have the superstars of today spending time with the younger guys coming up and everybody getting together and having a festival of tennis over a short weekend and just having a great time. I think, you know, and the pictures show and people who saw them, the intensity was crazy in Prague and Chicago. I loved every moment about it. I also was extremely nervous, of course, because it is different playing in front of a Rafa (Nadal) or a Novak (Djokovic) or a Björn (Borg). It gets your heart going. I'm sure it's going to be the same again here in Geneva. We are very excited."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2tlQNqK
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