"Just copy and paste this event" - Andy Roddick on if the WTA should create it's own version of the Laver Cup
WTAThursday, 26 September 2024 at 01:30
The 2024 Laver Cup was an astounding success, and former World No.1 Andy Roddick has chimed in on whether the governing bodies should start a women's version of the annual event.
Co-founded by Roger Federer in 2017, the Laver Cup sees multiple players from the ATP Tour form two teams based on the players country of origin, Team World and Team Europe. These teams then battle it out for supremacy in singles and doubles, over a three-day period that often allows fans to see their favorite stars in dream matchups. Team Europe prevailed in the most recent edition, preventing Team World from winning for the third straight year.
Roddick supports the creation of a women's Laver Cup
On the latest episode of his Served With Andy Roddick podcast, the retired American urged the WTA to develop it's own version of the Laver Cup, based off the blueprint of the ATP event.
“There’s no IP here that can’t be copied," said Roddick. If you’re a huge investor in women’s tennis then go and just copy and paste this event. Go do it. The blueprint is there. Go find an arena, go find a market, you don’t need a hundred players.
“I don’t understand why it’s like the Laver Cup’s responsibility to go do that. And by the way, I promise you most tennis people who know me, I would be saying the exact same thing if the situation was reversed and Serena had started something and it was a wild success. It wouldn’t be Serena’s responsibility to go and make a men’s event and bring them in to something that is successful."
“I don’t understand why it’s like the Laver Cup’s responsibility to go do that. And by the way, I promise you most tennis people who know me, I would be saying the exact same thing if the situation was reversed and Serena had started something and it was a wild success. It wouldn’t be Serena’s responsibility to go and make a men’s event and bring them in to something that is successful."
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Tournament co-founder Roger Federer gave his opinion of the idea of a female Laver Cup, stating he would like to see the event continue to attract fans.
“You have options to say maybe we will do two years in Berlin or three years, instead of jumping from one to the next,” said Federer on Bloomberg TV's YouTube channel. “I don’t know, could we play Grand Slam venues? Could there be a Laver Cup for women as well? But the concern at the moment is to make sure we have a really good product with the Laver Cup."
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