Why Federer says this week at Laver Cup is 'bittersweet'
pFor the seventh and final time, legends a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-mcenroe/m047/overview'John McEnroe/a will face off as captains of Team Europe and Team World, respectively, at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a in Berlin. The event, which begins Friday, marks the end of an era./p
pThe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a, founded in 2017 by former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a, has seen Borg lead Team Europe and McEnroe Team World since the eventrsquo;s inception./p
pldquo;For me itrsquo;s very much a bittersweet week with Bjorn and John because I would love them to be captains forever,rdquo; Federer said. ldquo;At the same time, wersquo;ve got to move with the times, I guess.rdquo;/p
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pDespite the end of their captaincies, Federer expressed deep gratitude for their contributions to the tournament./p
p ldquo;It was supposed to be three years, four or two, and it ended up being seven,rdquo; Federer said. ldquo;Itrsquo;s been seven great years. Couldnrsquo;t have had better captains, to be honest.rdquo;/p
pThe two will be replaced by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-noah/n022/overview'Yannick Noah/a, who will captain Team Europe, and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a, who will step in for Team World./p
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p ldquo;Of course, in the future I hope that Bjorn and John will return and pass on the torchhellip; to Yannick and Andre, that they will always be friends and guests as captains of the inaugural event,rdquo; Federer said./p
pTeam Europe won the first four editions of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a, and Team World has triumphed in back-to-back years. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-mcenroe/m047/overview'John McEnroe/a and Team World will aim for its third straight victory over the three-day competition./p
p ldquo;The weather is supposed to be really beautiful,rdquo; Federer said. ldquo;Okay wersquo;re playing indoors, but still when you go out, itrsquo;s nice. So yeah, I think coming to Berlin for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a is very fun. Looking forward to a great week.rdquo; /p
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