Laver Cup 2022

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal vs Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock Laver Cup 2022 Highlights: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the Laver Cup 2022 match ...

“I am super excited and I hope I can play at a good level. Casper Ruud defeated Jack Sock 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 to give Team Europe the perfect start on the opening day of 2022 Laver Cup. Rafael Nadal's family is present as well - his sister and uncle Toni. Alex de Minaur of Team World has bounced back in style to win the second set 6-3 against Andy Murray. A 10-point match decider to pick the winner of this tie between Murray and De Minaur. Tiafoe goes crosscourt towards Federer and the Swiss is quick enough to get it past Sock. Federer's return goes through the net and falls on the other side of the net. Ace from Tiafoe and levels the score in the 2nd set. Sock errs and advantage for Team Europe. Match point for Federer and Nadal after Tiafoe erred on his forehand. Federer and Nadal lose the match. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal vs Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock Laver Cup 2022 Highlights: Roger Federer wrapped up his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup on Friday night.

Matteo Berrettini is an especially handy alternate for Team Europe at Laver Cup London 2022.

“Watching them as a kid, I was cheering for them,” Berrettini says of the Big Four. “It’s one of the most historical cities we have for tennis, and not only for tennis,” says Berrettini, who got his first taste of Laver Cup action last year in Boston. “Probably one of the best things about these things is that everyone is so different from each other,” says the world No.15. The O2 Arena, I love that arena, and I’m sure it is going to be great to play there. Team World’s only point during the weekend, however, came when John Isner and Denis Shapovalov defeated Berrettini and Alexander Zverev in doubles in another Laver Breaker to end Day 1. The team is unbelievable.”

Laver Cup 2022: Rafael Nadal will be replaced by Cameron Norrie in Team Europe after the Spaniard withdrew due to personal reasons post his doubles match ...

1 ranking at the US Open but fell short when he was beaten by Tiafoe in the fourth round. The Spaniard teamed up with Federer for a doubles match for Team Europe. The duo, however, went down 4-6, 6-2, 11-9 in two hours and 13 minutes to Team World’s Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe as Federer drew curtains on an epochal career.

Moments after Federer's retirement match, Nadal followed his "friend and greatest rival" in withdrawing from the event as well. | Tennis News.

Djokovic will then combine with the Italian for doubles as well. Luckily everything is okay and I was able to get here,” said Nadal in the post-match presser explaining the reason behind his withdrawal. Cameron Norrie has replaced him in the line-up as he will take on Team World's highest-ranked player Taylor Fritz. Matteo Berrettini has replaced him for the singles tie for Day 2's line-up in Laver Cup. He went straight to meet his teammates where the doubles match was confirmed before going for the gala dinner. [Roger Federer](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/roger-federer) played his last and final tennis match of his career on the early hours of Saturday in London, in a doubles match alongside [Rafael Nadal](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/rafael-nadal) at the 2022 [Laver Cup](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/laver-cup), the Swiss tennis legend withdrew from the tournament.

5:45PM IST - Here we go. First match of the day - Matteo Berrettini (Team Europe) vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (Team World).

Wide serve into the deuce court and Felix’s forehand return hits the net. Wide serve into the deuce court from Felix and forehand return from Berrettini lands into the net. Backhand slice into the net from the Italian - deuce. A 133mph body serve from Berrettini and Auger-Aliassime’s awkward backhand return lands into the alley. Body serve from the Canadian works nicely as Berrettini makes a mess of the backhand. Second serve, on the body, and Berrettini hits the backhand down the line wide. A running forehand into the net from FAA and it is a sixth set point for Berrettini who goes 12-11 up with the Canadian to serve. T serve from the man in red and Berrettini’s backhand lands into the net. Wide ace into the deuce court from Berrettini - 10-9 and a fourth set point with FAA serving. Wide serve into the deuce court from Berrettini and FAA’s forehand return down the line goes wide. Wide serve into the ad court from Berrettini, the Canadian gets the backhand crosscourt in, the Italian goes for forehand down the line but FAA hits a gorgeous forehand crosscourt pass to save another set point. Gritty stuff from FAA to hang in and get a shot deep into the backhand corner of the Italian who hit the return into the net - 5-all.

Express Sport provides live coverage from the 2022 Laver Cup with Team Europe looking to defend their title from last year.

The action gets back underway at 1pm today with the scores all squared from Friday's four matches. It wasn't to be the fairytale ending for Federer as his doubles match with Rafael Nadal ended in defeat to Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. Tears were flowing with Nadal unable to control his emotions before they left the court in the early hours of Saturday morning. Cameron Norrie had also been picked as an alternate, indicating Team Europe would be making another change over the weekend. And the British No 1 has been required to step in on Saturday with Nadal withdrawing from the Laver Cup due to personal reasons. But the result paled in significance to the occasion with Federer waving goodbye to the sport he's been a part of and ultimately changed for over two decades.