The Laver Cup, which began in 2017, has gone on to become a massive success. The tournament pits Team World against Team Europe, with top players squaring off against each other. Additionally, the doubles format witnesses exciting combinations, one which could hardly have been imagined 10 years ago. For example, at the 2022 Laver Cup, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal teamed up to play in a doubles encounter. And, it was one of the most-awaited tournaments of the Calendar Year. However, what’s notable is that the women’s format of the Laver Cup isn’t in existence. As a result, Andy Roddick urged the legends of the women’s tennis to come forward and take the initiative.

In a new episode of the Served With Andy Roddick podcast, the American legend reflected on the recently-concluded Laver Cup won by Team Europe. As the talks began about how successful the event was, Roddick questioned why a Women’s Laver Cup isn’t there.

Roddick feels it’s in the hands of some female tennis bigwigs to plan this tournament. The former US Open champion said, “If you’re, if you’re a huge investor in women’s tennis, then go, just copy and paste this event, this arena, right? I mean, you, yeah, there’s, there’s a million, the Chrissy Martina, like, whatever. I mean, there’s a million. Like, the naming isn’t the issue… If the situation was reversed and Serena had started something and it was a wild success, it wouldn’t be Serena’s responsibility to go put a men’s event together as well, or to bring them into something that is successful.”

Roger Federer’s sports management firm, TEAM8 worked out the Laver Cup tournament. The Swiss maestro was directly involved in making this event a huge success. Additionally, Federer has hinted about introducing the women’s format as well.

Roger Federer shares expansion plans for Laver Cup

During an interview at the Laver Cup this year, the Swiss maestro recounted how he and his team worked hard day in and day out to make this event a huge success. However, he admitted that he doesn’t want to stop and has long-term plans for the Laver Cup. Among them is introducing the women’s format, considering the rise in the popularity of women’s sports.

Talking about long-term plans for the tournament, Federer said, “I mean you have obviously have options to say like okay we’ll do maybe I don’t know two years in Berlin or three years in Berlin instead of going you know jumping from one to the next um I don’t know if you could play Grand Slam venues um could there be a Laver Cup for women as well but uh the concern at the moment is just to make sure that uh we have a really good product.”

Federer feels that if more investment comes at the Laver Cup, the tournament will reap the benefits of expanding to wider regions and the women’s edition as well. Do you feel the Laver Cup should introduce the women’s format? Let us know your views in the comments below.