This week is celebrated the ryder cup. From Friday to Sunday. Too the Laver Cup. On the same dates. The first is a competition based on golf, born in 1927 as a challenge between USA and Britain, which took a huge leap in quality and interest from 1979, when Severiano Ballesteros He convinced the British, who had previously accepted the Irish, to bring in Europeans from other countries. They played that contest Antonio Garrido and Seve himself, with a defeat that was not going to be the trend in subsequent editions, but quite the opposite. From that date, Europe dominates USA 11-8. Equality and emotion are maximum. The opening not only covered the players, but also the venues. Valderrama hosted the crash in 1997, with Captain’s Crossbowmen. Apotheosis. AND Paris did it in 2018, the last date. It was striking to see how the French fans cheered for Europe and how a continent had the ability to show itself united through a sport. Only Ryder can do that … For now
Roger Federer rode the Laver Cup on that idea, a duel modeled on men’s tennis, which faces Europe versus the Rest of the World since 2017. Boston hosts the fourth edition, for the first time without no member of the Big Three. There you have one of your biggest challenges. La Laver was hooked on its premiere because it allowed to see on the same side to Federer and Nadal, and the following year to the Swiss with Djokovic. Historical images. Also because it inaugurated a dynamic and colorful format. A warning he caught the Davis Cup to change your model, and then the plagiarist ATP Cup. The Laver is not the Ryder, it has a lot left, but it pretends to be. Europe, united, is competing this week on two fronts. As it did women’s golf at the Solheim Cup this month. They won. And they showed the way.