Iconic Brandenburg Gate sets the scene for Laver Cup official photo

p ATP Tour stars from the past and present stood before an iconic landmark on Wednesday evening in Berlin for the official pre-event photograph of the 2024 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a. /p

p Captains and players partaking in this year’s edition of the teams event headed to the German capital’s Brandenburg Gate for a spectacular sunset shot. Former No. 1s in the PIF ATP Rankings 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 are this year captaining Team Europe and Team World, respectively, for the seventh and final time, and they will have some of the current day’s finest talent to choose from across 20-22 September at Uber Arena. /p

p Borg’s Team Europe lineup includes home favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a, and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a, with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a in Berlin as alternates. The a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champion Alcaraz is looking forward to making his bow in an event that pits six of the best European stars against six players from the rest of the world. /p

p “I think it’s a unique event,” Alcaraz told media after the photoshoot. “I’m supporting my opponents from the rest of the year, so it’s going to be a little bit weird for me but I think it’s going to be fun. The format is unique as well, so I’m super excited to start the event and see how it’s going to be on Friday and at the weekend. Really happy to be here at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a.” /p

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p The World No. 7 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a is the highest-ranked star on Team World. The American will hope to back up his run to his maiden Grand Slam final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a with a strong showing in Berlin. /p

p “I’m super excited I’m here,” said Fritz. “I’ve heard really good things about Berlin and so far I’m really enjoying it. It’s one of those places, that if a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a wasn’t here, I might never have gotten the chance to come.” /p

p For McEnroe, the fact that this will be his last as captain of Team World only serves as extra motivation. The American hopes to steer his roster, which includes Fritz, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thanasi-kokkinakis/kd46/overview'Thanasi Kokkinakis/a, to a third consecutive a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a triumph. /p

p “My idol as a kid was a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rod-laver/l058/overview'Rod Laver/a, and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a was the most beautiful player, one of the best people I’ve ever met. He came up with this idea, and to be able to do this with my best rival and great friend a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/a [is great],” McEnroe told ATPTour.com. “It’s pretty tough and when you lose, it sucks, but it’s still a great experience to be part of this. Hopefully, since we finally won the past two, we can go out with a bang.” /p

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