Laver Cup

[skatingfan]

Not quite the star power of previous years.

[ti-amie]

Do you think this will be around this time next year?

[skatingfan]

Do you think this will be around this time next year?

Not sure - I guess we'll see whether the interest continues - according to the website Federer will be there so that probably helps a bit with ticket sales.

[ashkor87]

Not excited about Laver Cup at all without Roger and Rafa.


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The whole idea of Laver Cup was to enable Federer to play doubles with Nadal...now they may as well shut it down!

[meganfernandez]

Not excited about Laver Cup at all without Roger and Rafa.


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The whole idea of Laver Cup was to enable Federer to play doubles with Nadal...now they may as well shut it down!

I thought it was to make a boatload of money for Team8, Federer's company, plus his sponsors, and honor Laver.

It certainly won't be as popular. Amazing they can charge the same ticket price.

[ponchi101]

I said it in TAT1.0. The moment Roger (and Rafa) would be not playing, this idea would be in trouble.
Team WORLD is offering close to the best there is. Team Europe is lacking a lot.

[skatingfan]

Where are Alcaraz, and Medvedev?

[ti-amie]

There were rumors Alcaraz wasn't going to play the big tournaments in China but I think he's there already.

He's on his way to Beijing.

https://www.marca.com/tenis/2023/09/20/ ... b45cc.html

Mevedev was on a vacation with his family.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

[meganfernandez]

I said it in TAT1.0. The moment Roger (and Rafa) would be not playing, this idea would be in trouble.
Team WORLD is offering close to the best there is. Team Europe is lacking a lot.

I think if Roger is on the bench or on screen somehow, he can carry it. The best moments aren't the matches. They're the interactions. So let's see how involved his is.

Time to bring in the women, too. Wouldn't it be great if Coco, Wozniacki, and Jabeur were there? Or let them play a surprise retired player sometimes, not announced until they're on the scene, like Barty or Serena. Do you think these players would be too rusty to be useful, even in doubles? Or they could be additional coaches or something. There are a lot of ways to bring in stars for entertainment value, even if they aren't playing.

[ponchi101]

I think they hedged themselves, regarding the women, with the name choice. The LAVER cup does not seem very inclusive.
When they changed the federation cup name to the BJK name, several of us talked about BJK already having too many things named after her; I always felt that the Fed cup renamed the MARTINA Cup would have been a better choice. So, that name is still available. A week long tournament, with the women playing for the M cup, the men for the L?
I am, of course. terrible at marketing.

[meganfernandez]

I think they hedged themselves, regarding the women, with the name choice. The LAVER cup does not seem very inclusive.
When they changed the federation cup name to the BJK name, several of us talked about BJK already having too many things named after her; I always felt that the Fed cup renamed the MARTINA Cup would have been a better choice. So, that name is still available. A week long tournament, with the women playing for the M cup, the men for the L?
I am, of course. terrible at marketing.

You know what, though, why can't women honor Laver, too? It's just a messaging issue. They could easily get around it.

[ponchi101]

Oh, sure. Want to honor Laver? Go for it.
I just believe there are some other great women that can and should be honored, and I have always been partial to Martina. I believe she has never been really appreciated.

[ti-amie]