The Lover Cup (Laver Cup & Beginning of the Asian Swing)

It’s time to talk about our favorite event on the tennis calendar, the Laver Cup! A fun team-style event that is an…exhibition? A serious ATP event? No one is quite sure. Especially Felix Auger-Alissame and Gael Monfils, who got into some ~drama~ during their match. (Or is it just both of them being French?) But it doesn’t matter because Team World absolutely dominated Team Europe. But who cares about the tennis when we can talk about Christopher Eubanks’ soothing voice, John McEnroe probably not knowing who Fran Cerundolo is, and Andrey Rublev carrying the entire event on his slender shoulders. We also talk a bit about the actual tennis tournaments that happened, including Karen Khachanov winning his first singles title since 2018! We look forward to Turin and the ATP Finals with a healthy dose of trepidation and fear. Especially because we probably will not be able to watch the rest of the Asian swing because the time zones are tough for us. New to tennis or trying to get a friend into the sport? Check out our ATP 101 and 102 episodes to understand who/what we're talking about. Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/backhandsandcompliments and on Twitter twitter.com/backhandspod.