Roger Federer to headline the fourth Laver Cup in Boston in September

Like in the previous two years in Prague and Chicago, the Laver Cup in Geneva produced thrilling three days of action back in September, with some of the best players in the world fighting for the title. For the third straight year, Team Europe prevailed against Team World in the deciding match, keeping the trophy in their cabinet and making a proper celebration out of it. After the opening two encounters of the final day, Team World had the edge over their rivals and it was Roger Federer who had to defeat John Isner to keep Team Europe alive, prevailing in two close sets to reduce the deficit and switch the attention on Alexander Zverev who battled against Milos Raonic in the winner-take-all encounter.

Of course, it had to go down to the wire and the German prevailed in the match tie break to secure the title for Team Europe for the second year in a row, wrapping up an incredible competition that highlighted tennis news during that weekend. The fourth edition of the Laver Cup will take place in Boston between September 25-27 this year and it is confirmed that Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe will serve as team captains again, ensuring another chapter of their rivalry that was one of the greatest in the world of tennis 40 years ago.

Also, the organizers have announced Roger Federer as the first confirmed player on Friday, with the Swiss ready to lead Team Europe in another three-day action at the TD Garden, together with other tennis stars that will be revealed in the upcoming months. After reaching the semi-final at the Australian Open, Roger announced knee surgery a couple of days ago, skipping Dubai and all the action until Halle in June, hoping to make a full recovery and fight for the big titles again. Roger has played 11 Laver Cup matches so far, winning all six in singles and delivering two triumphs from five doubles clashes, sharing the court with his greatest rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. 

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