El Peque will once again share the team with Felix Auger-Aliassime. Also pictured are Nick Kyrgios and Patrick McEnroe, vice-captain in 2021. AP Photo / Elise Amendola
Diego Schwartzman already has a new commitment on his agenda. The number one of South American tennis confirmed today that he will play the fifth edition of the Laver Cup in September, when the rest of the world team meets the European team in the London-based tournament.
“I have great memories of playing the Laver Cup and making such strong bonds with my teammates. I will participate this year. Come on, come on,” Peque commented on his social networks.
The Argentine, 16th in the ATP world rankings, has already played in the 2018 and 2021 editions, and in the next one – scheduled from 23 to 25 September – he will share the team from the rest of the world together with two other tennis players who have confirmed their presence. : the Canadian Félix Auger Aliassime (9th) and the American Taylor Fritz (14th).
The group will be captained by former American tennis player John McEnroe and will face the European Championship which will have another great former player like the Swede as a driver Bjorn Borg.
In the European team, winner of the four previous editions, Spanish Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer confirmed, who will play the doubles point together in the event that is part of the ATP circuit but does not award points. The tournament will be played at The O2 stadium in London.
On the circuit, El Peque comes from the crash to his debut on the grass at Queen’s, losing 6-1 and 6-4 to American Sam Querrey, 121st in the standings and coming from the standings. While before, on the clay of Roland Garros, he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Novak Djokovic, the then number 1 in the world, then displaced by the Russian Daniil Medvedev.
With information from Telam
Source: Clarin
