The Laver Cup will finally return after a year of delay to the delight of tennis fans. The competition, which features the best players in the world, will be held in Boston from September 24 to September 26. It’s also the second time that it's played in the United States, after the second edition was held in Chicago. 

The competition, which was created in 2017, it’s intended to be the Ryders Cup of tennis and it’s held annually, normally two weeks after the US Open. The tournament, which has been backed up by Roger Federer since the start, also serves to honor tennis legend Rod Laver. 

As always, the tournament will be held indoors with two teams of six players competing against each other: Team Europe and Team World, in which are all the non-European players. There are 12 matches played over three days (nine singles and three doubles) and the first team to reach 13 points wins the competition. Here, check out who is participating this year. 

Laver Cup 2021: Team World

Tennis American legend John McEnroe will return as a captain for Team World. His vice captain will be his brother Patrick McEnroe. Team World has never won the competition and this year, they got a chance to do so. Check out the lineup: 

Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
Ranking: 11

Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 
Ranking: 12

Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 
Ranking: 15 

Reilly Opelka (USA) 
Ranking: 19 

John Isner (USA) 
Ranking: 22 

Nick Kyrgios (Australia) 
Ranking: 95 

Laver Cup 2021: Team Europe 

Team Europe has won the three editions of the tournament. However, the team captained by legendary Bjorn Borg won’t count with three of its best players: Roger Federer, who will lose the competition for the first time, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Still, Europe count with a top-level team, including recent US Open winner, Daniil Medvedev. 

Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 
Ranking: 2

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 
Ranking: 3 

Alexander Zverev (Germany) 
Ranking 4

Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Ranking: 5

Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 
Ranking: 7

Casper Ruud (Norway)
Ranking: 10