Among the five nothing more and nothing less than 60 Grand Slam titles and are some of the best players of all time.
Federer and Nadal will in doubles for Laver Cup
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be joined together in 2017 to compete in the Laver Cup exhibition that will debut in September next year. Laver, Borg, McEnroe, Federer and Nadal, totaling 60 Grand Slam championships, met Wednesday in a Manhattan hotel for the announcement. Named after the legendary Australian tennis player Rod Laver, the competition was announced in January.
The venue will be Prague and the date from 22 to 24 September 2017 will see the light when the contest that seeks to innovate in the white sport. Other former rival, Bjorn Borg (for Europe) and John McEnroe (Rest of World) will have their role as captains during the first three years. The Laver Cup will be held every year except Olympic years, two weeks after the US Open and in different cities. Over three days 12 games (nine in singles and three doubles) and the number of points for a win will increase with the passage of time will be played.
Therefore, it was called the greatest figures of the current tennis to be participants in a sporting event you expect to get a good reception, because it also has the idea of bringing the Serbian Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Four of the six players will be selected taking into account the classification they have in the world ranking and the last two will be selected by the captain.
In addition to the Big Four, Europe boasts 13 of the top 15 players in the world and European active players combined for 49 Grand Slam titles, for only one rest of the world, Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.
