Kyrgios' ultimate Federer pain revealed

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The clip has astir arrived for the 4th variation of the Laver Cup, which volition beryllium exclusive to Stan Sport.

Taking spot successful Boston, Massachusetts, Swedish fable Bjorn Borg volition skipper and pb Team Europe's propulsion for their 4th consecutive rubric against Team World, who are captained by American large John McEnroe.

The much-anticipated lawsuit was primitively scheduled for September past twelvemonth but postponed owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The format is simple: Each squad is made up of six players, who either autumn into the European broadside oregon Team World.

(L-R) Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Vice Captain Thomas Enqvist of Team Europe, Captain John McEnroe, Diego Schwartzman, Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Nick Kyrgios, John Isner and Reilly Opelka of Team World airs for a representation with the Laver Cup trophy (Getty)

For Australians, fans astatine location volition get to spot Nick Kyrgios, who is acceptable to marque his 4th quality astatine the Laver Cup.

Kyrgios' past astatine the tourney is good documented. The 26-year-old Australian is present a Team World seasoned and is nary alien to facing Europe's biggest names, having famously fallen conscionable abbreviated of defeating Roger Federer successful the competition's inaugural lawsuit successful 2017.

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Leading into this year's event, Kyrgios spoke of that celebrated match, successful which the Australian was incapable to capitalise connected a lucifer constituent earlier the 20-time Grand Slam victor came retired victorious.

"To idiosyncratic similar Roger, who has truthful galore accolades, helium has thing to beryllium successful this sport, and he's taking a lucifer that earnestly during the Laver Cup's archetypal year," Kyrgios recalled.

"Having a lucifer constituent successful that match, and not taking it, was gruelling. It inactive hurts maine to this day. If I'd won that match, would've it travel down to deciding doubles with maine and Jack?"

Switzerland's Roger Federer of the Team Europe celebrates aft winning his lucifer against Australia's Nick Kyrgios of the Team World during the Laver Cup successful Prague, Czech Republic connected September 24, 2017 (Getty)

When is the Laver Cup?

The Laver Cup is scheduled to get underway connected Friday, September 24 (Saturday greeting AEST).

Where to ticker the Laver Cup?

Stan Sport is the lone spot to ticker each lucifer of the Laver Cup. Every game, acceptable and lucifer volition beryllium unrecorded and exclusive, ad-free.

Location?

The lawsuit volition beryllium played retired astatine the TD Garden, a multi-purpose arena successful Boston, Massachusetts.

Who is representing Team Europe and Team World?

Team Europe volition person six of the world's apical 10 ranked players.

The squad volition feature: US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, satellite No.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, Tokyo Olympics golden medallist Alexander Zverev, Russian satellite No.5 Andrey Rublev, Italian satellite No.7 Matteo Berrettini and Norwegian satellite No.10 Casper Ruud.

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Team World volition dwell of: American satellite No.22 John Isner and No.19 Reilly Opelka, Australian Nick Kyrgios, Argentine satellite No.15 Diego Schwartzman, Canadian satellite No.12 Denis Shapovalov and his countryman, satellite No.11 Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The sport's infamous large 3 of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic won't beryllium astatine this year's Laver Cup.

Federer precocious underwent a 3rd genu surgery, portion Nadal is unavailable owed to a ft injury.

Djokovic is understood to beryllium taking clip disconnected aft having competed successful each this year's Grand Slams, arsenic good arsenic the Olympics.

What is the prize money?

The winning squad receives $2.07 million, with each winning subordinate taking location $345,00.

The loser volition stock the remaining $1.036 million, which volition beryllium astir $172,000 each.

Event format

The lawsuit is played implicit 3 days, with some time and nighttime sessions. Four matches are played each time - 3 singles and 1 doubles.

Both singles and doubles are champion of 3 sets with advertisement scoring. In the lawsuit of divided sets, the 3rd acceptable is simply a 10-point lucifer tiebreaker.

Each subordinate competes successful astatine slightest 1 singles lucifer during the archetypal 2 days.

No subordinate tin play singles much than doubly during the 3 days.

At slightest 4 of the six players indispensable play doubles. No doubles operation is played much than once, unless for the Decider connected Day 3, if points are 12:12.

The winning squad indispensable scope 13 points.

- via Laver Cup

Does the Laver Cup springiness ATP points?

No, the tourney does not number towards a player's points full successful the ATP Tour year.

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