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Inside the rise of the Laver Cup: From Roger Federer’s dream to tennis’ exciting team event

SAN FRANCISCO -- Roger Federer had a primary goal in mind when he started working on the concept of the Laver Cup nine years ago.

"I hope to create something to really pay tribute to the past generation of players," Federer told The Sporting News.

Entering its eighth year, the Laver Cup will welcome two new captains: Andre Agassi for Team World and Yannick Noah for Team Europe. After seven years of seeing rivals John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg lead the world's top players in a three-day team event, the Laver Cup has become incredibly popular with tennis fans.

"I'm a big historian of the game," Federer told SN. "It's always been very important to know about Arthur Ashe and Bil

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