MUMBAI: DSport will bring live action from the second edition of Laver Cup, a men’s tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world to be held in Chicago from 21-23 September 2018.
For the first time, tennis legends Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will be seen on the same side of the net playing the doubles fixture for Team Europe. They will take on Jack Sock and Kevin Anderson in doubles at the United Center.
The three-day tournament, a joint initiative between TEAM8, Tennis Australia, the USTA and Jorge Paulo Lemann, will witness a team of six of the best tennis players from Europe competing against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world. While Björn Borg is captain of team Europe, John McEnroe is leading team World.
With a memorable first edition held at Prague last year, tennis enthusiasts across the world witnesses two of the greatest rivals in the history of the game Federer & Nadal, teaming up for a doubles partnership against Rest of the World.
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DSport to broadcast Laver Cup from 21-23 September
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Laver Cup: DSport acquires exclusive India broadcast rights
MUMBAI: Dsport, a sports TV channel by Discovery Communications India, has acquired the exclusive India broadcast rights of the inaugural edition of Laver Cup.
The new premier tennis tournament, conceived on the lines of golf’s ‘Ryder Cup’, will see tennis legends from Europe battle it out against a star-studded Rest of the World team. The Laver Cup will be broadcast live and exclusive on Dsport from 4:30pm on 22 and 23 September, and 3:30pm onwards on 24 September 2017.
DSport’s wide portfolio of live sports content includes the best of Wrestling, football, cycling, horse-racing, golf, Tennis, motorsports, and extreme sports
The Laver Cup will be played every year, two weeks following the US Open which is also Dsport’s property, except in the Summer Olympic years.
The city of Prague, in the Czech Republic will play host to the first edition of the three-day tennis extravaganza. The tournament will feature the current top two in men’s tennis, legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who will team up with Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic and Thomas Berdych to take on a rest of the world team that comprises of rising superstar Denis Shapovalov, former US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro, Nick Kyrgios, John Isner and Sam Querry.
The Laver Cup, is named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport. The Laver Cup is a joint initiative between tennis great Roger Federer’s management company Team 8, Brazilian businessman and former Davis Cup player Jorge Paulo Lemann, the USTA and Tennis Australia. For the inaugural edition of the Laver Cup, tennis legends John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg will captain Team World and Team Europe, respectively.
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