The 2022 Laver Cup will be the last tournament played by Roger Federer before he retires. He will play side by side with his “Big 3” comradesNovak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, against some of the hot shots of today’s tennis worlds. This means the matchups could be decided in a tie break after long rallies.
For this tournament, there will be two teams, a Team Europe, and a Team World. The European team is headlinededby “the tennis Big 3”, World No.2 Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettinias the only alternate. And, despite this is a friendly tournament, the games will be competitive, as it is the natureof these players.
For Team World, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, and Jack Sock are the American players. Also, Diego Schwartzman is the only Latino in the team. WhileFelix Auger-Alliasime is the only Canadian, and Alex de MinaurrepresentsAustralia.
Why is the match-decider played up to 10games?
According to the ITF Ruling system, “Points are counted using ordinary numbering. The set is won by the player who has scored at least seven points in the tiebreak and at least two points more than their opponent. For example, if the score is six points to five and the player with six points wins the next point, they win the tiebreak (seven points to five).”
“As well as the set (seven games to six). If the player with five points wins the point instead (for a score of six all), the tiebreak continues and cannot be won on the next point (7–6 or 6–7), since no player will be two points ahead.”
However, the Laver Cup organizationadopted a new rule, which consists of the 10-point tie breakin case there’s a split-set game decide. So, instead of playingthrough six games, if there’s a tie breaker game, it will extend until there’s a 10-game winner. To makeit more interesting, though.
