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- Sky Sports agreed a deal with Trident8 to air all three days of the Laver Cup from London's O2 Arena on September 25-27, with coverage on Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports+, and the NOW streaming service
- Team World enters as defending champion after a 15-9 rout of Team Europe at San Francisco's Chase Center in 2025, with de Minaur, Fritz, and Shelton returning for the title defense
- The Laver Cup format escalates points across three days — 1 point per match Friday, 2 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday — with the first team to 13 points winning, or a sudden-death decider at 12-12
- Team Europe, captained by France's Yannick Noah with Tim Henman as vice-captain, fields Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, Germany's Alexander Zverev, Italy's Flavio Cobolli, Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik, and Norway's Casper Ruud
- Team World, captained by Andre Agassi with Australia's Pat Rafter as vice-captain, includes Americans Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, and Learner Tien alongside Argentina's Francisco Cerúndolo and Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik
- Match selection uses a blind-draw system on Friday, with opposing captains picking from the drawn pairings on Saturday and Sunday — a format unique among top-tier tennis events
- The 2027 Laver Cup will move to the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Los Angeles, continuing the Ryder Cup-style venue alternation that has run annually since 2017
Why it matters: UK tennis fans gain Sky Sports access to 12 of the world's top men's players competing in a team format not seen at Grand Slams. Team World arrives as heavy favorites after a 15-9 demolition in 2025, while Europe's title hopes rest on Alcaraz and Zverev anchoring a lineup missing British No. 1 Draper, who is sidelined until 2027.
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