Suddenly Nick Kyrgios pointed and his teammates looked on. A moment later the spotlight -- and the Jumbotron overhead -- zeroed in on...
Suddenly Nick Kyrgios pointed and his teammates looked on.
A moment later the spotlight -- and the Jumbotron overhead -- zeroed in on legend Rod Laver as he rose from his seat, flinging his arms in the air. The crowd -- some 18,000 strong -- roared its delight.
It was a poignant moment, ripe with symbolism as past and present met at Laver Cup. The competition could have made a satisfying curtain-dropper on men's tennis for 2018, our final image that of a pile of blue uniforms, including those of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, crushing Alexander Zverev after he clinched the Laver Cup for Team Europe.
But Laver Cup will not be the event that ends the tennis year -- not in the foreseeable future. There are too many stakeholders, and the commitment to a 10-month-plus ATP season is locked in. But it's also crystal clear Laver Cup is here to stay. (Next year, it will be played in Geneva, Switzerland.)
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