Laver Cup: Ruud opens against Opelka, Zverev on Friday in doubles
The two captains John McEnroe and Björn Borg have made their player selection for the first day of the Laver Cup 2021. The start in the Boston TD Garden will be made by two debutants.
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Sep 23, 2021, 09:56 pm
The concept of the Laver Cup stipulates that the matches become more important every day: A victory on the opening day brings one point, on Saturday two points are at stake, the last four winners are then awarded three points each on Sunday. This keeps the tension high. And gives the captains the opportunity to give their debutants a chance to slowly groove their way into the competition.
But now Björn Borg and John McEnroe have a few newcomers in their team. Accordingly, the two afternoon games in Boston (live from 7 p.m. on Eurosport) will also be canceled: Reilly Opelka will open againstCasper Ruud , a difficult task for the Norwegian, who, despite the significantly better world rankings, will probably be due to the strength of Opelka's serve in the hall is a slight outsider. However: Ruud has won the two previous comparisons, most recently in Cincinnati in the tie-break of the third set.
Zverev with Berrettini in doubles
A new edition of the final of Stuttgart 2019 follows. At that time Matteo Berrettini defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime in two tight sets. The two have met twice this season: The Italian won the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime managed a small revenge in Cincinnati.
The Night Session (from 01:00 a.m. live on Eurosport) opens with Diego Schwartzman and Andrey Rublev, two players who usually seek their salvation from the baseline. The two have played against each other first, in 2017 in Roland Garros the Argentine won 9: 7 in the fifth set.
Alexander Zverev's first appearance is in the last match of the day. The German attacks with Matteo Berrettini in doubles. It's against John Isner and Denis Shapovalov. By the way, you shouldn't expect a man in doubles: Daniil Medvedev . He is just not good, said the newly crowned US Open champion in singles at the press conference on Thursday.
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