Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will be on the court at the same time–and on the same side of the net, too–when the second annual Laver Cup begins on Friday in Chicago. Federer and Djokovic will contest the Day 1 doubles match for Team Europe against Team World’s Jack Sock and Kevin Anderson.
In Team Europe’s victory last year in Prague, Federer played doubles with Rafael Nadal and prevailed in a third-set tiebreaker over Sock and fellow American Sam Querrey.
“We have had so many great battles in all the singles courts, and to finally team up together I think is going to be very special for both of us,” the Swiss said of Djokovic. “I think we still have to talk over it a little bit exactly maybe either who’s going to take the lead or how do we play exactly.”
“This is what this competition is all about,” the Serb added, “bringing us all together.”
“Yeah, [Federer and Djokovic] is obviously going to be a legendary team,” Sock commented. “We got a little bit of it last year (against Federer and Nadal).”
Three singles matches will precede Friday’s doubles showdown: Grigor Dimitrov (Europe) vs. Frances Tiafoe (World), Kyle Edmund (Europe) vs. Sock (World), and David Goffin (Europe) vs. Diego Schwartzman (World). All Friday matches are worth one point before increasing to two on Saturday and three on finale Sunday.
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