The Laver Cup is about to start and likes of Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipasm Denis Shapovalov, and Sascha Zverev are already in action on Friday.
Shapovalov vs. Thiem preview and H2H (1 pm)
The first match of the competition will be played by Denis Shapovalov and Domin Thiem. Even if the Austrian would be generally considered as the favorite, he may not be the case this time. In fact, Dominic is coping with some physical issues and therefore, the Canadian could win this encounter.
The H2H is 2-0 for Dominic (see stats).
Fognini vs. Sock preview and H2H (3 pm est)
The second match will be between Fabio Fognini and Jack Sock. This will be rather interesting as the Italian is the favorite, bu the might with his ankle. On the other side, the American seems unable to win a match in singles anymore. He is ranked no.210 and he has a 0-5 win-loss record in 2019 and 9-22 in 2018. Probably Team World decided to “play” Jack on the first day as the matches won on Friday bring only 1 point. Therefore, the big guns (Isner and Kyrgios may kick in on Saturday (2 points) and Sunday (3 points).
The head to head between Fognini and Sock is 1-1 (see stats)
Tsitsipas vs. Fritz preview and H2H (7 pm)
The last single of the day is Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Taylor Fritz. Stefanos and Taylor have never played each other so far on the main tour, but at a lower level, Fritz leads 2-0 (see stats).
Doubles (9 pm est)
Finally, the last match of the day will Federer and Zverev taking on Shapovalov and Sock in doubles.
Game on.
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.3, Federer played his last match on the 3rd of September when he was defeated by Grigor Dimitrov 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in U.S. Open.
This year Federer has a 43-7 win-loss record. Roger conquered 3 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami and in Halle. Federer was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.7, the Greek played his last match on the 27th of August when he was defeated by Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-75 7-67 7-5 in the 1st round in U.S. Open.
This year the Greek has a 37-19 win-loss record. Stefanos has won 2 titles in 2019 in Marseille and in Estoril. The Greek was the finalist in Dubai and in Madrid.