Roger Federer played the last match of his professional career last year at the Laver Cup in London. He partnered up with Rafael Nadal to play doubles and go out with his good friend. With Nadal, he faced Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe, who were much better when it came to doubles. The two players defeated them in three sets and sent Federer off. Now, back to the Laver Cup, Tiafoe met Federer and reminded him of the defeat as he went down straight to smack-talking a member of his opposing team.

Tiafoe and Federer won’t play each other again on professional tour now. But the American is reappearing for Team World to make sure that they win the Laver Cup this year. He started with smack talk with a former member of Team Europe before the matches even began.

Frances Tiafoe wastes no time to trash talk Roger Federer

As the Laver Cup is on the cusp of beginning, the Swiss Maestro is there to attend the tournament this year. After tying off a legendary career 12 months ago, Roger met with Tiafoe and the vice-captain of the world team, Patrick McEnroe. 

With them being on the opposing team, Tiafoe wasted no time to remind Federer of his defeat against him last year. After shaking hands with him, Tiafoe said, “Last time I was on this court, you had a lot of tears on this court“, mentioning Federer crying after his defeat. Nadal and Federer lost to Tiafoe and Sock in three sets. The third set was especially exciting as the two pairs gave their all.

After the match was over, everyone was shedding tears, bidding farewell to Roger. The Laver Cup last year became known not only because of his retirement but also because Team World won it for the first time. Their line-up this year shows that they want to recreate the victory once again.

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Team World aiming to win once again

The roster of the Team World was announced earlier this year. Tiafoe will partner with Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul, Felix Auger Aliassime, and Francisco Cerundolo to make sure the cup goes to their team again. They won the championship last year for the first time after being down quite a bit on the first two days.

The action between the two teams will heat up and enchant viewers once again. Time to place your bets. Who do you think will win this year?

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