Laver Cup 2022: What can the John McEnroe-led Team World do in London to land their first title?

Fifth time lucky for Team World? As the 2022 Laver Cup approaches, Team Europe — the reigning champions — are in the enviable position of having won every one of the four previous editions, including a 14-1 thrashing in Boston last year. Ad With Roger Federer set to take part in his last-ever competitive tennis event before retiring, the legendary Swiss will be desperate to go out on the high of winning the tournament he helped found, but Team World have one of their strongest line-ups in the event's history and could spring a shock.

Laver CupFederer set for 'great send-off' alongside Nadal, Djokovic and Murray – Henman4 HOURS AGO We'll look at why 2022 could be different for them, but first let's look back at the four previous Laver Cups to understand why Europe have been so dominant. Why Team World have struggled Ranking imbalances You can't get too far away from the fact that Europe have historically had the better players by ranking.

Consider the number of players each team had inside the top 10 for the four editions to date: 2017: Europe, 5; World, 0 2018: Europe, 4; World, 2 2019: Europe, 5; World, 0 2021: Europe, 6; World 0 Simply, Europe have had the better singles players to call on and that has shown up in the results. That was no more so in evidence that in 2021, when Europe won all six of the singles matches played, giving them a headstart that proved entirely insurmountable for World.

Presence of the Big Three Having Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in your team on their own would be enough, but having them combined just seems to add to the inspirational effect on others around them. Federer frequently reminded us no single player is bigger than tennis 'That would be special' — Murray hopes to