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The Laver Cup originally was not going to be held during Olympic years, but is now an annual eventGETTY IMAGES
The third annual Laver Cup wrapped up yesterday in Geneva, and '19 captains Bjorn Borg (Team Europe) and John McEnroe (Team World) "confirmed that they will reprise their roles next year" in a '20 installment to be "held in Boston," according to ATPTOUR.com (9/22). TENNIS LIFE's Stephanie Myles noted Montreal and other cities were "also in the running" to host. Chicago hosted the '18 edition. Myles also noted arenas like TD Garden are "still in the NHL's pre-season and therefore have a lot more flexibility about hosting events" like the Laver Cup. Next year's dates will be a "little later -- Sept. 25-27 -- as the tennis calendar turns over and everything starts about as late as it can in the cycle." Originally, the Laver Cup had "decided it would not host the event during Olympic years" such as '20. But they "soon decided to make it annual, every year" (TENNIS.LIFE.com, 9/22).
POSITIVE VIBES: TENNIS.com's Richard Evans wrote anyone who "doubted the whole Laver Cup concept" should see that this competition is "pretty special." Sports agency Team8 President & CEO Tony Godsick was "delighted at having pulled off an outstanding success for the third year in a row." He said, "They have all been great but this was the best so far because the tennis was much more competitive than in Prague or Chicago." There is "no denying that the Laver Cup has brought something unique and fresh to the game" (TENNIS.com, 9/22). German Alexander Zverev, who clinched the decisive win for Team Europe, said, "I've never played in something like that, it was unbelievable." He added, "This event is something I hope to play in every single year of my career" (AFP, 9/22). TENNIS.com's Evans in a separate article wrote the Laver Cup "continues to astonish and amuse." Roger Federer's "brainchild delivered what the capacity crowd of 17,500" at the Palexpo in Geneva had "come to see: the game's most storied stars playing competitive tennis in a unique format." The Laver Cup is "proving to a be a success right out of the blocks," and it can "claim to be one of the quickest success stories in sport" (TENNIS.com, 9/21).
HOME COOKIN': In N.Y., Christopher Clarey noted the Palexpo was "full and rocking on Friday for the opening day." But on the "surface, Federer fever remains a low-grade affair" in his native Switzerland "compared with the way a sports star of Federer's stature might have been treated if he were, say, an Italian, Argentine or American." Celebrity worship "remains out of character in Switzerland." Godsick said, "It's one of the few countries where Roger rarely needs to have security and people give him his space. He still goes out. He's definitely not retreated because of his fame and still does everything, goes to the restaurants and walks down the Bahnhofstrasse, which is to Zurich what Fifth Avenue is in New York. When you see people stop him, if you were to ask them what their passport was, most of the time it wouldn't be Swiss people. It's mostly tourists." Federer said, "I really feel I can come back to Switzerland and decompress" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/22).