Great news for all tennis fans: Fedal is back ! Or at least that is what is expected after it was officially announced this Thursday that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, two of the most dominant players of all time, will be part of Team Europe in the next edition of the Laver Cup , the exhibition tournament that pits the best European players against the best from the rest of the world. 

Rafa and Roger

The 2022 edition of the tournament, the fifth since its creation, will be played at the O2 Arena in London between September 23 and 25 . “I am looking forward to returning to competition later in the season and the Laver Cup is part of the plan. It is no secret that I love this event and am excited to return to The O2 and to London, one of the greatest cities in the world .” the Swiss, who added.

Rafa is an amazing person and an inspiration to me and so many others around the world. He wrote to me after the Laver Cup in Boston last year suggesting we play doubles in London, and I am definitely ready for a ‘Fedal’ comeback in this tournament” . Roger and Rafa shared a team in the same in the 2017 and 2019 editions, and in the first of them they played a doubles match. 

“The Laver Cup is a unique event and I love competing there. I suggested to Roger that we should play doubles again in London and he is up for it, so now we have to persuade the captain , “ remarked the Spaniard. Bjorn Borg is the one who will take the reins of the European team, winner of each of the four previous editions. “Roger has been a huge part of my career, a great rival and a true friend. Sharing a team will be great, and if we get the chance to share the court once again as a doubles partner, it will be really special at this stage of our careers. ” “ , added the man from Manacor. 

Rafa comes from dazzling the world after winning the Australian Open 2022, reaching the record of 21 Grand Slam tournaments won. Roger, who trailed on 20 (as did Novak Djokovic), has not played since Wimbledon 2021 while recovering from a right knee injury. 

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