Talk About Tennis 2.0

^^^Not 100% certain but if I had to guess, the Team Europe video got pulled because the comments were starting to get populated with pro and con comments about Sascha despite him not really being in that video. I don't know why else it would get pulled, it appeared to be that without Sacha, the World video was the one that was the bigger hit with fans anyway, but the Europe one had people liking Stef's intro to Daniil I believe.

I couldn't even make it through the introductions without wanting to switch back to Ryder Cup.

(I also feel like they turned up the noise for Zverev)

I didn't think they did anything during Zverev's introduction, which got a decent amount of applause and I was trying to listen for boos (didn't hear any). Must really chap Stef that he barely got better applause.

I noticed this was taking place at the same time as the Ryder Cup. I don't watch golf so not competition for me. That being said, clearly this first match is a chance for me to run a few errands.

Legitimately surprised that there wasn't some quick word from Roger to the crowd to start the proceedings. Rewound because I thought maybe I had missed it, but no, nothing.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:37 pm Legitimately surprised that there wasn't some quick word from Roger to the crowd to start the proceedings. Rewound because I thought maybe I had missed it, but no, nothing.

Clearly this should've happened. Instead spotted in the crowd, put on the big screen, applause started, he graciously accepted, applause continued with no sign of stopping, he then stood up and waved to the entire crowd. All in the middle of the first set, just awkwardly between two games. Roger and Tony don't know the crowd loves and misses him? Come now.

Maybe they are testing if this is viable without any of the big three being "there". I know this has very little history yet but, this is the first time that the winningest players on court are the coaches. Total slams between all players = 1.
We are still not certain we will see The Laver Cup in 2030.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:06 pm Come now.

lol

I banked on my guess that neither R would play there and it would be a crap line-up and didn't buy tickets for this event, held 5 minutes from my husband's office.
I'm a homebody so hopefully doesn't reflect on long term viability without them.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:30 pm Maybe they are testing if this is viable without any of the big three being "there". I know this has very little history yet but, this is the first time that the winningest players on court are the coaches. Total slams between all players = 1.
We are still not certain we will see The Laver Cup in 2030.

He'll be at the Laver Cup not playing every year after he is retired. Him greeting the crowd at the start wouldn't affect anything and could be how it is done in the future.

MJ2004 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:24 pm
I banked on my guess that neither R would play there and didn't buy tickets for this event, held 5 minutes from my husband's office.
I'm a homebody so hopefully doesn't reflect on long term viability without them.

Jealous. That's a great area to work in. Some of my favorite lunch places ever in that part of town.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:40 pm Jealous. That's a great area to work in. Some of my favorite lunch places ever in that part of town.

Yes. The greatest thing is that he can take the commuter rail in and walk to his office without having to take the T. I used to switch from rail to T and it was hell.

We probably should've taken a poll before this began on how we thought this would go. I've previously said (Tournament thread I believe) that I thought Europe would win and it wouldn't be as competitive as 2019.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:21 pm We probably should've taken a poll before this began on how we thought this would go. I've previously said (Tournament thread I believe) that I thought Europe would win and it wouldn't be as competitive as 2019.

Done.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:21 pm We probably should've taken a poll before this began on how we thought this would go. I've previously said (Tournament thread I believe) that I thought Europe would win and it wouldn't be as competitive as 2019.

If everyone takes it very seriously Europe is a far stronger team even without the big three. Six top 10 players vs none!!! FAA probably the strongest opposing player.