Why Was the Laver Cup 2020 Cancelled?

The Laver Cup is an event held in tribute to the living legend Rod Laver. It is carried out by Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer’s management firm, TEAM8. As time has passed by, the 40-year-old player has established himself well into the sport. 

As we speak about the Laver Cup, it began in 2017 and had editions in 2018 and 2019. However, in 2020, the tournament was canceled. Sadly, the global pandemic hit the world terribly. Things got so severe that people weren’t able to travel distances.

The pandemic affected the Laver Cup

Countries all over the world suffered. Due to that, the 2020 French Open was postponed and was conducted after the US Open. Usually, the Laver Cup is carried out during that phase, but due to unavoidable circumstances, the clay-court Grand Slam event was played out. 

20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer and his agent Tony Godsick were disappointed. However, they accepted that it was the correct decision to prefer Roland Garros. 

The 2021 edition of the tournament will be held in Boston from the 24th of September and will finish on the 26th of September. Unfortunately, it will be devoid of the big three players, i.e. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. 

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For the 2021 edition, Team Europe will have US Open 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev, Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas, Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev. On the other side, Nick Kyrgios, Felix Auger Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, John Isner will feature. We wish both teams the best of luck.