The 2021 Laver Cup is the fourth edition of the Laver Cup, a men’s tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world.
Location: Boston, United States
Date: 24-26 September 2021
Europe vs The World. An annual team competition unlike any other in Men’s Tennis. September 24-26, 2021, Boston, MA USA. Today we will discuss about Laver Cup: Scoring system| Day 2| Scores| Results| Schedule
Laver Cup: Scoring system| Day 2| Scores| Results| Schedule
The 2021 Laver Cup is the fourth edition of the Laver Cup, a men’s tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It is currently being held on indoor hard courts at TD Garden in Boston, United States from 24 to 26 September.
| 2021 Laver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24–26 September 2021 |
| Edition | 4th |
| Surface | Hard indoor |
| Location | Boston, United States |
| Venue | TD Garden |
Scoring system
This event is played over three days. On Fridays and Saturdays, there is a day and night session followed by a final day session on Sundays.
Four matches are played each day – three singles and one doubles.
Best of three sets with both singles and doubles ad scoring. In the event of a split set, the third set is a 10-point match tiebreaker.
Each player takes part in at least one singles match during the first two days.
No player may play singles more than twice during three days.
At least four of the six players must play doubles. No doubles combination is played more than once, unless for the third day of decider, if the points are 12:12.
The winning team should reach 13 points.
In the event of a tie after all 12 matches have been played, a final overtime doubles match – a decider – is played as a regular set with ad scoring and a tiebreak.
Friday’s lineup is announced on Thursday afternoon.
Saturday’s lineup is announced an hour after the game ends on Friday night.
Sunday’s lineup is announced one hour after the game ends on Saturday night.
Match-ups are determined by the captains through the exchange of lineup cards.
Day 2
Day 1 (Friday, 24 September) – Afternoon session (10 PM IST): Two singles matches
Day 1 (Friday, 24 September) – Evening session (4 AM IST): One Singles match and one Doubles match
Day 2 (Saturday, 25 September) – Afternoon Session (10 PM IST): Two Singles Matches
Day 2 (Saturday, 25 September) – Evening session (4 AM IST): One Singles match and one Doubles match
Day 3 (Sunday, 26 September) – Afternoon session (9 PM IST): One doubles match followed by three singles matches
Note 1: If only one match on Day 3 is needed to decide the 2021 Laver Cup, a doubles exhibition will be played.
Note 2: If the teams are not separated after 12 matches, a decider will be played
Scores
The pandemic-delayed fourth edition of the Laver Cup – and previously without Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic participating – began on Friday with Team Europe taking a 3-1 lead over Team World, thanks to Matteo Berrettini, Thanks for the win in Casper Roode and singles. Andrey Rublev.
Djokovic’s runner-up at Wimbledon in July, Italy’s Berrettini, saved 12 of 13 break points and overtook Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassim in a match tiebreaker 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-8.
Norway’s Rood broke American Reilly Opelka in the third game of their match and again took a hard hit in the field used by the NBA’s Celtics with a 6–3, 7–6(4) victory to end the opening set. Won on court. Bruins of the NHL.
Results
The fourth edition of the Laver Cup begins on Friday, 24 September. Named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, the mega tennis extravaganza will be played at Boston’s TD Garden from September 24 to 26. The annual competition in men’s tennis, in which teams representing Europe and the rest of the world play each other, has drawn packed venues in Geneva, Prague and Chicago in all previous editions.
In this year’s edition, Team World will be led by American legend John McEnroe, while the European team will be captained by Swedish great Bjorn Borg. Team Europe is undefeated in the event so far and will be eyeing another title, while the McEnroe-led Team World will look to win over their rivals this time around. The tournament, organized by TEAM8, the management firm of Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer, was canceled last year due to the pandemic.
Schedule
It was originally scheduled for September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid overlapping with the 2020 French Open, which was rescheduled from 20 September to 4 October.
Team Europe captain Björn Borg and Team World captain John McEnroe will reprise their roles from 2019.
Team Europe is looking to win the title for the fourth consecutive edition.
