Is my man Rafa a philosopher or what? "Losing is less painful when we are together and winning is more fun as a team". I love you Rafa!!! Congratulations Team Europe.
He is a very smart man infact very funny only the language make abit difficuty 4 him though he has improved his english .he says the right thing all the time he doesnt try like novak with big words meaning very little....just pure rafa nothinhg fake just rafa...you can tell he is happy 4 roger and he mean every word he says..no jerous in his bones.unlike novak
He (Mr Nadal) is indeed one authentic man, shows in every press conf. Rafa may not be as eloquent, he doesn’t try to compete in that, however I find that he ALWAYS SPEAKS FROM THE HEART..so sincere, patient with the press even with nonsensical questions, and always representing his love for the sport. Siempre, Congrats Team Europe
Rafa is a philosopher at heart🤣. But seriously though, he possesses the ability and clarity to cut through everything and go straight to what really matters. There is such wisdom in what he often says which is applicable to every day life
That sentence surely means Rafa stops playing singles just before reaching the GS record and becomes a full time doubles player (jk) His english is much better and being around other english speaking players much more helps him with useful english expressions, phrasal verbs etc. Rafa became full time professional at 15 (no time to properly learn basic english grammatic structure which is very different to spanish) and his tennis team has no english native speaker which made him difficult to learn a language from another family language "tree" (not the romances) As for instance, he's more confident speaking french or italian (even if he knows less vocabulary on those two)
THE BROMANCE for the ages.. actually the best and most special part of Laver Cup for me, seeing these 2 legends who can’t be anymore different, yet shares the same great love for the sport, and such massive respect for each other. FEDAL FOREVER!!!!
@erikelrojo99 I agree, that “fit of laughter” video on 2010 for Rogers foundation is THE BEST!!! It shows how Roger loves Rafa and can’t stop laughing about his trying so hard to speak good English for the promo, and Rafa NOT getting insulted and laughing WITH HIM.. really a legit bromance bet these 2 champs..
Rafa... finding all the right words to describe and give total justice to all the answer of the questions! What a Champion. Love you Rafa. Congratulations to the entire Team. Amazing, amazing Event!!!! Vamos
Roger and Rafa like the Guardians of the Galaxy of tennis seating flanking at the table of incredible young European players. You can't ask for the better coaches. I look forward to the times when young generation takes the reigns and move the sport to the new heights. Vamos amigos!!!
Great quality video on all matches. All players, both teams, in great spirits. Great crowds/atmosphere. June 2022, and I/my family still enjoy watching this v much. Many thanks for posting. Looking forward to the up-coming ‘The Laver Cup 2022’. Have a nice day🙂Stay healthy everyone.
I'm so happy,so happy with this victory.Thank you captain!!Thank you team Europe.Roger, Rafael,Sasha, Dominic,Fabio,Stefanos.You are great!!! All of you!!!
Kamil Malina Exactly & it was BOTH McEnroe brothers and then the Tennis Channel jumped in on it as well... blah, blah, blah and that was their main story in the post-match wrap up... it was **NOT** a good look - I was so disappointed with their whining behavior. Furthermore, the 2 matches Rafa was supposed to play, Team World won... I just don’t get it! 🤷♀️ Congrats Team Europe!! #ThreePeat
A lot of people don’t know Borgs history and why he left the game at a young age, the guy nearly killed himself with the parties and women and drugs.Look it up. No wonder he was quiet, he was a rock star and women themselves at him and not because of his tennis. Nice to see him back in the game, it took some rehab
Congratulations team Europe I’m proud of all of you excellent team effort. Well spoken Rafa. You’ve had a good year what a lovely way to end the year 2019 in a team victory. Congratulations Rod Laver
This camera angle is stupid. We got much better looks from Instagram, you could see the interactions between Fabio and Rafa about the neck crack thing. It was hilarious.
@@Nina-oi1qk found it, thanks! It was hilarious! There was actually a live video from Laver Cup Insta account, I checked it from PC so no wonder I saw nothing
Bro it was me who asked. I know you won’t believe me but my friend asked the first question and I shot my shot by asking if I could come to the after party
@@jacobsjostrand8169 If it was you then I was thinking you needed to ask it with more passion - like you really want to be there, and just to promise Roger that there will be no cameras. The way you asked it made it seem like you never had a chance. In my opinion, if you really wanted it, you would have made it.
@@jacobsjostrand8169 Haha that's awesome bro, thanks for the reply! Very cool you got to sneak in the presser :O) Great try and hopefully next time you will get in the party, don't give up!! I believe you :)
Well Team "World" also consisted of only 3 countries. USA, Canada & Australia. All colonized by white English people. No surprise Tennis is still a European sport.
@@TheAwesomeAccount I am a team Europe supporter, born in the uk and a British citizen but also a citizen of Australia. Its a weird one for me because I am currently living in Switzerland. I think I sum myself up as a European who has lived in Australia.
What was the issue that journo was asking about at around 14:00? What rule change? Can sb please explain? I know Rafa pulled out, but what are the Yanks getting their knickers in a twist about?
Team world thought it was unfair after Rafa had to pull out, that they couldn't change who they put in to play against Domi. Rules are rules, but that never stopped McEnroe of course! Love that you put "yanks" & "knickers" btw!! 😆
@@pinkballoon8181 Ha ha yeah, I'm not conforming to PC just yet. But I still don't understand this as they were allowed to change their player: Kyrgios for Fritz
This is a really cool and fun tournament. ❤️👍 As long as they keep this as more of a ‘fun’ yet serious competition- it’ll keep its magic and only grow in popularity quickly- imo. It’s a catch 22 since this is tough for them to give their all, without a potential sacrifice that just isn’t worth the risk for them, individually speaking. And I can see McEnroes point, w/pulling Rafa- despite the fact it’s an injury, I think maybe they ought to draw up a secondary schedule in situations as these, so whichever side, then doesn’t feel cheated. That kinda sucks that they didn’t get to chose another player too...it really does make a difference. And..something tells me that Borg didn’t have a true say in lining up the players...no way, with Rafa AND Roger there. The guy barely was able to get in a word when each came in for a quick break, where they’d get bombarded by the other.. I never saw Borg even bother🤣 Can’t wait til next year!
On paper Europe should have won much more easily. 39 Grand Slam titles for goodness sake. But it took until the very last match tiebreak to win, so hats off to Team World.
Roger can speak 17366384848 languages but Spanish isn't one of them. He isn't willing to learn Spanish because that's the only reason to keep Rafa within his arm's reach in friendly manner / exhibition / events without everybody being suspicious lol
@@wonderlandian8465 Nah man, I've seen press conferences in the past where the journalist asked a question by looking directly at a player and calling him by the wrong name (a player who wasn't even competing at the tournament). Also look at the press conference after team Europe won - the very first question was, "How does this win compare to you previous 3 Laver Cup wins?" They are absolute tools who just do a quick 10 minute research before the interviews. They know nothing about the sport.
Also in addition to learning French in school as a child, Roger spent his teen years at the Swiss national tennis training center which is in the French speaking part of Switzerland. And his mom is English speaking South African.
Last man standing at the end of the party. Roger said it wouldn't be him, Bjorn looked as though he wouldn't even be able to get to the party. Fognini also looked out of it already so my guess would definitely be the youngest, Tsitipas.
Normally he's not participative. But Bjorn is really excited about Laver Cup and the things that encompasses the event. It's great to see him get engaged and be active again with the sport.
Some painful heads this morning :P I wonder who was the last man standing? Probably Bjorn, he's had plenty of practice the last few days(just standing) and it's always the quiet ones who can knock back the celebrations in the corner watching others fall by the wayside haha
It was a two fold question. First part was about his injury, wether it was serious enough or not, and wether he'd played through it in another competition or champioship that wasn't this one (suggesting implicitly that this Cup isn't that important). Second one was which competition thinks he's more important, this one (Sponsored and organized by Roger Federer, a personal friend of his) or the new format Davis Cup (sponsored and organized by spanish football player Gerard Piqué). In fact that last one was quite poisonous in the way it was formulated because it was more a "would you prefer playing in your friend's tournament, or in a spanish guy's tournament"... with the added extra that Gerard Pique is a highly controversial figure in the spanish media for a lot of reasons (very vocal FC Barcelona player, lots of controversies about his published opinions about Real Madrid, etc), and that of course in the Davis Cup Nadal'd be representing Spain in a competition that, change of format or not, still is labelled "Davis cup", not a "team europe" in a very new tournament created a few years ago, that still doesn't give any ATP points, and that some pundits insist in labelling as little more than an "exhibition" format. he answered the 2nd one first (it's clear Rafa's no fool and he clearly saw the reporter was trying to get some juicy stuff for his news report). He essentially stated that every time he's been called by any team for a competition, he's always answered the call and been there, as long as his body and physical shape have allowed him to do so, and that the Davis Cup won't be any different. He then said that his personal team and himself would analyze the situation when it's time to do so, and take a decision about the Davis Cup based on only that particular reason - wether it'd be good for him and his objectives to play the Davis Cup or not, regardless of who organizes it. As for the first question, he straight up answered that the only reason he didn't play is because he couldn't. That he was fully committed to the team in this cup and that he was really excited to play with Roger again in the doubles match - but that he just couldn't, so he didn't, that it'd been no different in any other competition, that yesterday he already did an effort to play and that today he couldn't ,so he let someone else in the team to take his spot.
ramjb Wow!!! thank you for the translation and i appreciate esp the feedback on Rafa’s smart delivery of his response..the press can be tricky and can “fish” out controversies, and Rafa is polite but indeed “no fool”, in addressing them.You captured that and it helped us non-Spanish speaking viewers, to get into that moment..gracias
the most important link to win is the TEAM SPIRIT. AND THAT is why I blv THIS TEAM is a WINNER. (As rafa said- something very close to this team spirit idea - is the heart issue).. And the nervousness of the coach is a totally wrong thought!! ID cower at this expression.....As a coach youre ALWAYS ON TOP TO WIN and ENCOURAGE .. YIU ALWAYS BELIEVE in your team apart from coaching to win.
The only way to be involved or support this event is either buy a ticket or be the top six tennis player in the world as an aspiring future generation of tennis professionals.
So mad........amazon problems ensured that it was impossible to watch any of the matches due to ‘buffetting’! I love this tournament,watch it every year but Thanks amazon for making even the replays unwatchable! ♥️🏴🇬🇧
@@sureshbabusri9331 Quite possible. He has always maintained a low profile therefore I don't remember much about him. He played after the Sampras Agassi era too, I think, but got faded away thanks to Fedal and the others.
And he is also an Honory member too.. He is so involved that the current president actually campaigns him to take over the Reigns as president of the club after Rafa completes mandatory 20 years as being the club member ( He is board member from 2011) As far as I heard he played a key role in Real Madrid signing Marco Ascensio.
They're supportive to try and get him to win for the team. But of course he's overrated. He's a best of 3 set player who's dangerous in any 3 set competition but not good enough to challenge in the slams.
@@RS-hh3etThey've both supported him to win a GS for the next gen when he came out a couple of years ago, especially rafa and objectively you can see why, game wise he doesn't have a lot of flaws quality serve/return/backhand aggressive, good work rate, and mentally i think he's got the right amount of confidence. Coming back to the slams point, he's 22 still, rog won his first at 21 and was under achieving enormously untill 2002 same with novak, not every one can win a slam at 19 and acheive a career grand slam at 23 like rafa so you have to adjust your standards and look at it from a wider and realistic perspective.
Actually Roger is the one who has taken Sasha under his wing so to speak since he was a young age and started having success. Sasha also just signed with Roger’s management team hence Roger is now invested in him professionally as well. And yes, Sasha may or may not improve in Slams but for now he has performed below expectations in GS’s and he didn’t have a great season this far. That’s why ppl criticize him. He’s also arrogant at times.
@@eliasmikealson4476 First of all you've your "ages all wrong". And secondly of course they're going to say nice things when pressed about him 100 times in different interviews..When asked if he could challenge for grand slams they're not going to say "no" are they . And what they say about him being a great player is true..he is dangerous to anyone in best of 3. It's just he doesn't have what it takes in the best of 5 format...He's still dangerous but he's also capable of being beaten by huge numbers of players. If he manages to scrape through a few rounds he's picked off easily in the 3rd 4th round maybe quarters.
@@RS-hh3et Ok rog was 22 not 21 and rafa 24 not 23 sue me lol, i don't disagree with you in regards to zverev's achievements because there is nothing to disagree about those are facts but to say he is overrated is a bit much because another fact is he is still 22(i checked).I don't see anyone under 25 being consistent in slams recently, no one at any age really apart from the obvious 3/4/5 players, that's why i talked about adjusting the standards as we are used to a level of consistency throught the last 15 years that's not normal but because of how long it lasted, has somewhat shifted the bar of normality for the public opinion.
Compare this press conference to team world's, swearing, childish mocking, drinking while the question was asked not even paying attention, i mean those idiots need to understand that journalism is what will help promote a competition like this, roger, rafa and novak won't be around in ten years and it's certainly not shapovalov who is gonna bring crowds.
Agree.. the decency of Federer and Nadal shows quite clearly in these moments, such great ambassadors of Tennis! The other players were here for the “good time” more than anything
Some people think that tennis is too uptight. And why single out Shapovalov? He’s talented and a great guy and wasn’t the one swearing and chugging beer
@@natka9876Chugging beer while simultaniously ignoring an ongoing question and swearing and mockig a person doing his job however badly you think he is doing it isn't the opposite of uptight it's just disrespectfull, being yourself while being a brat is no better than alledgedly putting on a show for the press like novak does according to nick because at the end tennis players players are public figures and many ppl are inspired by the good and bad, it's not a weakness of character to recognise a flaw in one's self and try to change it instead of sticking to it because you're so real and proud of being real albeit real prick. I didn't single out shapovalov in regards to the behaviour but rather as one of the 2/3 young players in that team who has yet to prove anything that may create public recongition and attraction to a new event that needs promoting and support from the young guys and handling press helps you do that.
@Elias Mikealson Tennis press conferences can be very dull, repetitive and too PC. Contrary to your statement, Nick who was chugging the beer and mocked the Italian reporter’s question as the most stupid question he’s ever heard, puts bums in the seats. If you ever watch a press conference for an MMA fight there’s a lot of trash talking and that draws huge crowds. I’m not arguing whether it’s good or bad. I agree that the younger guys need to step up their game. Handling press - I don’t know, I’ve watched a lot of post match interviews where I had to shake my head at how stupid and repetitive the questions were. Some folks are loving it when Nick blatantly tells reporters his mind.
@@natka9876 Yes press is very repetitive and journalist are often dull, predictable, asking "stupid" questions if you will and ppl are drawn to the unconventionnal and laugh at it but there is a fine line between genuinity and being deliberatly and purposefully rude,the latter may attract more views on social media but will never have the impact of the amount of respect ppl have for players like rafa/roger/novak/andy/stan/del potro... and in the long haul that aura is what will benefit tennis both from the viewer's point of view and from the young upcoming player's.
Congrats to Team Europe 💪🔥. But in my humble and neutral opinion, it isn't good for the event as a whole for the same team to always win...just sayin' , it gets predictable and boring
Asking Rafa to answer ... Roger got to know that Rafa only answers questions in very vague generic sentences with his heavy accent. I find it quite funny, as my impression of Nadal in my comedic video on tennis players was just that.
@@Nina-oi1qk The second question sounded like a setup. "As of now, Which one do you care for the most, this cup organized by your friend Roger or the upcoming Davis Cup run by your countryman Piqué? Rafa tried not to give the journalist anything he could play with afterwards.
It is unfortunate, or FORTUNATELY- they both hail from EUROPE, the best ones do. US tennis needs to develop new generation players to represent the States in big competitions, win GS Tournaments like the days of the Connors, McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi..
@@bengp3070 Team world isnt all about US Tennis, what are you talking about? The WORLD needs better players. The always injured Del Potro would help them a great deal, also Nishikori and Anderson. But with potentially 3 big legends on the team and options like Dimitrov, Medvedev and Wawrinka on the bench, Europe will always be favourite - not sure about russia tho....i think politically its europe, but geografically it should definetely be asian.
Mark Mauk I do understand that Team World isn’t just purely made up of US players, but let’s face it, US tennis used to dominate the sport and in this kind of competitions, it would be awesome if we have strong representatives again, to throw in the line up.
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Is my man Rafa a philosopher or what? "Losing is less painful when we are together and winning is more fun as a team". I love you Rafa!!! Congratulations Team Europe.
He is a very smart man infact very funny only the language make abit difficuty 4 him though he has improved his english .he says the right thing all the time he doesnt try like novak with big words meaning very little....just pure rafa nothinhg fake just rafa...you can tell he is happy 4 roger and he mean every word he says..no jerous in his bones.unlike novak
He (Mr Nadal) is indeed one authentic man, shows in every press conf. Rafa may not be as eloquent, he doesn’t try to compete in that, however I find that he ALWAYS SPEAKS FROM THE HEART..so sincere, patient with the press even with nonsensical questions, and always representing his love for the sport. Siempre, Congrats Team Europe
Rafa is a philosopher at heart🤣. But seriously though, he possesses the ability and clarity to cut through everything and go straight to what really matters. There is such wisdom in what he often says which is applicable to every day life
@@faithroom8392 i agree, he should have improved his english more
That sentence surely means Rafa stops playing singles just before reaching the GS record and becomes a full time doubles player (jk)
His english is much better and being around other english speaking players much more helps him with useful english expressions, phrasal verbs etc. Rafa became full time professional at 15 (no time to properly learn basic english grammatic structure which is very different to spanish) and his tennis team has no english native speaker which made him difficult to learn a language from another family language "tree" (not the romances) As for instance, he's more confident speaking french or italian (even if he knows less vocabulary on those two)
Coaching ability of Rafa is wonderful. He suggested everything right, in my opinion.
He's the best ❤️
Borg is a class act personified. They didn't call him the Iceman in tennis for nothing.
roger telling rafa to answer the question first, and rafa not understanding what was asked = CLASSIC vintage fedal. 😂😂😂
time: 1:55
THE BROMANCE for the ages.. actually the best and most special part of Laver Cup for me, seeing these 2 legends who can’t be anymore different, yet shares the same great love for the sport, and such massive respect for each other. FEDAL FOREVER!!!!
It wasn't that he didnt understand; he wasn't listening because he was focused on Real Madrid playing tonight;
Rafa only just learned English. He doesn’t speak 4 languages like Roger and Djoker. He barely learned English
That's a flashback from the 2010 charity promo that they filmed together. They were laughing for like 15 mins to film 1 min lol
@erikelrojo99 I agree, that “fit of laughter” video on 2010 for Rogers foundation is THE BEST!!! It shows how Roger loves Rafa and can’t stop laughing about his trying so hard to speak good English for the promo, and Rafa NOT getting insulted and laughing WITH HIM.. really a legit bromance bet these 2 champs..
The way roger teases rafa is priceless..😅
True Rafa...this tournament is not for the fainted heart...so intense...Congrats to you all..
Rafa... finding all the right words to describe and give total justice to all the answer of the questions! What a Champion. Love you Rafa. Congratulations to the entire Team. Amazing, amazing Event!!!! Vamos
Roger and Rafa like the Guardians of the Galaxy of tennis seating flanking at the table of incredible young European players.
You can't ask for the better coaches.
I look forward to the times when young generation takes the reigns and move the sport to the new heights.
Vamos amigos!!!
4:05 When Sascha says “Nice words” he’s talking about when Roger started swearing left, right and centre! 😂
Yup, love that he downplays it when everyone knows the real story, that's why he was smiling after the comment.
Of course he is ; Roger dropped like 5 F-bombs in that pep talk. LOL
Nina exactly, told him. Like this doesn’t happen in real life 😂😂😂
Is there a clip of this pep talk somewhere?
@@EmelineFalengameesi its all over Twitter
If you cant beat them ! join them . congratulations team europe ...love you RAFA
Great quality video on all matches. All players, both teams, in great spirits.
Great crowds/atmosphere.
June 2022, and I/my family still enjoy watching this v much.
Many thanks for posting.
Looking forward to the up-coming ‘The Laver Cup 2022’.
Have a nice day🙂Stay healthy everyone.
I'm so happy,so happy with this victory.Thank you captain!!Thank you team Europe.Roger, Rafael,Sasha, Dominic,Fabio,Stefanos.You are great!!!
All of you!!!
The camera should zoom out so we can see all the player’s reactions and off-screen antics/interactions/jokes even when they’re not speaking.
Absolutely
3:53 😂😂 Sascha: 'Actually Rafa & Roger helped me...and gave me a lot of NICE WORDS.. (Fabio's reaction: Yea sure..f**k and s**t.)🤣🤣
Unforgettable three days of beautiful tennis! Thank you , Grat team !
The cameraman really must have celebrated big time with team Europe with a lot of champaign :)
I feel like Roger and Rafa are soul in Europe team
Yes it'll all go downhill when they retire.
Soul of a fake enthusiasm and free money event
Hey men don't limit your questions to roger and rafa. Let other people speak too. They are part of the winning team.
Rafa always inspirational!! 🖤💝 Team Europe 💙💙🏆🏆🏆
Thomas Enquist and Bjorn Borg answered those questions like Bosses. Good for them.
Exactly I don’t know why McEnroe is complaining
Kamil Malina Exactly & it was BOTH McEnroe brothers and then the Tennis Channel jumped in on it as well... blah, blah, blah and that was their main story in the post-match wrap up... it was **NOT** a good look - I was so disappointed with their whining behavior. Furthermore, the 2 matches Rafa was supposed to play, Team World won... I just don’t get it! 🤷♀️
Congrats Team Europe!! #ThreePeat
@@lemae4578 it's not that serious it's basically an exhibition.
Michael Walker it’s still ATP and it’s not really exhibition considering how the players treat it.
A lot of people don’t know Borgs history and why he left the game at a young age, the guy nearly killed himself with the parties and women and drugs.Look it up. No wonder he was quiet, he was a rock star and women themselves at him and not because of his tennis. Nice to see him back in the game, it took some rehab
Congratulations team Europe I’m proud of all of you excellent team effort. Well spoken Rafa. You’ve had a good year what a lovely way to end the year 2019 in a team victory. Congratulations Rod Laver
Congratulations Borg great team
Roger I love your jokes & sense of humour
Well done guys congratulations ! Laver Cup it's the amazing thing that happened in tennis bring the players together very beautiful
Seriously! Can’t that camera zoom out just a little bit? I got dizzy watching this.
I never understood why they need to zoom into just one person talking. Show the whole damn team ...
Ohh poor princess
That may be a symptom of Photosensitive epilepsy. See a doctor.
Rafa isn't someone who's playing with injury. When he says he can't, he really can't.
I wanted to see Fed and Rafa sitting next to each other 😏
Everyone wanted that 😂
What did Tstispas, Thiem and Fognini turn up for in this press conference! Didn't get asked a single question
Well, it is the Roger & Rafa show so not a big surprise.
What did Fognini turn up at the tournament for? To lose his solitary game to a guy ranked 200, apparently
guillezorro Fognini showed up for $250,000
@@zora99ny Can you blame him. Gotta get those coins!
@@zora99ny that has to be a pretty good prize money for 1 lost match :D
This camera angle is stupid. We got much better looks from Instagram, you could see the interactions between Fabio and Rafa about the neck crack thing. It was hilarious.
Which Instagram account has uploaded the press or parts of it? 😯 I didn't see any
@@IvyLoveMJF I don't know whose it was; it was circulating on Twitter
@@Nina-oi1qk found it, thanks! It was hilarious! There was actually a live video from Laver Cup Insta account, I checked it from PC so no wonder I saw nothing
@@IvyLoveMJF great!
Nadal: No?
Everyone: Such wisdom
wow, you must be true intellect of that's all you heard him say. Such wisdom.
why they separate fedal 😔
Classic Amalgamation of Legends and the future prospects of tennis on the winners table.
When are the big three going to all play together
FeDal just trying best fr their Kid Sasha...😍
this is such a chaotic press conference i love it
i am very proud of team Europe .
I wonder who won the last man standing competition at the party?? My bet is on Fognini! 😆😂🥂
What haappneed .. happned... happineed pappynnnedd ... -Your Truely Rafa
ha ha ha...poor Rafa...people will mince him whatever he says...
“That’s right! TELL THEM BJORN!” 😂😂😂
First of all congrats for roger to make laver cup into a decider and secondly congrats for sasha to clinch the title for 3 Consecutive time
Bjorn's parts are hilarious. For a very ice cold dude on the court, he's quite funny.. I hope Iceborg would still be the capt next year in Boston.😎
i wish they’d ask the others more questions too but the camera constantly panning between roger and rafa is just comedy
Amazing Laver Cup again, what drama! Turn on captions on Roger and Rafa when they speak French and German, quite funny.
tomas enqvist. so good to see him around this team
Props to the press dude for asking if he could attend the after party 😂 Fantastic event once again, until Boston! :)
You never know. A lot of female journalists go to boxers after parties, there are many other examples :)
Bro it was me who asked. I know you won’t believe me but my friend asked the first question and I shot my shot by asking if I could come to the after party
Tennis Files we snuck into the press conference
@@jacobsjostrand8169 If it was you then I was thinking you needed to ask it with more passion - like you really want to be there, and just to promise Roger that there will be no cameras.
The way you asked it made it seem like you never had a chance.
In my opinion, if you really wanted it, you would have made it.
@@jacobsjostrand8169 Haha that's awesome bro, thanks for the reply! Very cool you got to sneak in the presser :O) Great try and hopefully next time you will get in the party, don't give up!! I believe you :)
Team World press conference all in English, Team Europe's in 4 languages 🤔
5 actually if you include English
Well Team "World" also consisted of only 3 countries. USA, Canada & Australia. All colonized by white English people. No surprise Tennis is still a European sport.
@@TheAwesomeAccount I am a team Europe supporter, born in the uk and a British citizen but also a citizen of Australia. Its a weird one for me because I am currently living in Switzerland. I think I sum myself up as a European who has lived in Australia.
team Europe💪💪💪💙💙💙🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
I love Team Europe!!!!😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊🎾🎾🎾🎾😭😭😭😭
What was the issue that journo was asking about at around 14:00? What rule change? Can sb please explain? I know Rafa pulled out, but what are the Yanks getting their knickers in a twist about?
Team world thought it was unfair after Rafa had to pull out, that they couldn't change who they put in to play against Domi. Rules are rules, but that never stopped McEnroe of course!
Love that you put "yanks" & "knickers" btw!! 😆
@@pinkballoon8181 Ha ha yeah, I'm not conforming to PC just yet. But I still don't understand this as they were allowed to change their player: Kyrgios for Fritz
@@guillezorro They were not allowed to change player so they suddenly stated that kygrios had a collar bone injury😉😆
@@pinkballoon8181 OK thanks for clearing that up.
How amazing is it that Borg and John go at each other via this event.... .
This footage proves we need cameras with a 10,000:1 aspect ratio.
This is a really cool and fun tournament. ❤️👍
As long as they keep this as more of a ‘fun’ yet serious competition- it’ll keep its magic and only grow in popularity quickly- imo.
It’s a catch 22 since this is tough for them to give their all, without a potential sacrifice that just isn’t worth the risk for them, individually speaking.
And I can see McEnroes point, w/pulling Rafa- despite the fact it’s an injury, I think maybe they ought to draw up a secondary schedule in situations as these, so whichever side, then doesn’t feel cheated. That kinda sucks that they didn’t get to chose another player too...it really does make a difference.
And..something tells me that Borg didn’t have a true say in lining up the players...no way, with Rafa AND Roger there. The guy barely was able to get in a word when each came in for a quick break, where they’d get bombarded by the other..
I never saw Borg even bother🤣
Can’t wait til next year!
Roger's Glass is empty everyone else drinking responsibly ..... :P
I thought it was gonna be Spanish, French, German, Greek and Italian interviews
Florence Holt don’t forget swedish! ;)
What a great Christmas present! Plus,you beat the guy with the mohawk,who wants to be Mr.T,so glad he lost! CONGRATULATION,FROM AMERICA 👍🎁🎉
On paper Europe should have won much more easily. 39 Grand Slam titles for goodness sake. But it took until the very last match tiebreak to win, so hats off to Team World.
Cameraman should have just kept a wide shot.
Congratulations Team Europe !
I am so surprised that journalist is on “Tu” terms with Roger?! Like are you guys buds or something.
Roger can speak 17366384848 languages but Spanish isn't one of them. He isn't willing to learn Spanish because that's the only reason to keep Rafa within his arm's reach in friendly manner / exhibition / events without everybody being suspicious lol
Borg is great!
Why no questions for Fognini, Thiem and Tsitsipas?
The media doesn't know them.
@@sasho888prm I guess so.
If you were a journalist and you know you only have a shot, whom would you choose?
@@sasho888prm I mean they definitely know them, just that most questions would obviously be about Roger and Rafa
@@wonderlandian8465 Nah man, I've seen press conferences in the past where the journalist asked a question by looking directly at a player and calling him by the wrong name (a player who wasn't even competing at the tournament).
Also look at the press conference after team Europe won - the very first question was, "How does this win compare to you previous 3 Laver Cup wins?"
They are absolute tools who just do a quick 10 minute research before the interviews. They know nothing about the sport.
Could we get wide angle shot plz
Love Bjorn's watch. meaning to buy one!
Damn, Roger knows how to speak French too!😀
and German.
And Chinese....😂😂
Also in addition to learning French in school as a child, Roger spent his teen years at the Swiss national tennis training center which is in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
And his mom is English speaking South African.
I do believe French is one of his native languages.
Last man standing at the end of the party. Roger said it wouldn't be him, Bjorn looked as though he wouldn't even be able to get to the party. Fognini also looked out of it already so my guess would definitely be the youngest, Tsitipas.
Watching borg this engaged is really something.
Normally he's not participative. But Bjorn is really excited about Laver Cup and the things that encompasses the event. It's great to see him get engaged and be active again with the sport.
omg, Bjorn is so awesome!!😂😂😂😂
IceBorg...
Congrats
Fantastic!
Is Thiem going to be invited next year 🤪
Daniil would have been my pick if he didn't opt to play in moscow.
Can Rafa understand French? Does Roger understand Spanish?
Rafa understands French very well and can speak a little bit. Don't think RF understands Spanish.
Some painful heads this morning :P
I wonder who was the last man standing? Probably Bjorn, he's had plenty of practice the last few days(just standing) and it's always the quiet ones who can knock back the celebrations in the corner watching others fall by the wayside haha
What happened with Roberto? wasn't he supposed to play for Rafa?? what's the point of the alternate then!
Felipe Mendoza It‘s just for the first two days, because 6 different players have to play
@@Esthicleo Where does it says that? didn't knew...
Felipe Mendoza It‘s in the rules
It's a hat-trick for Team Europe...big congratulations...
My boy was watching real madrid just like me winning against Sevilla and leading in la liga
Same... never saw julen that animated when he was at real
Are you gay?
Why is he "your boy"??? Are you gay or something? Or his dad?
@@markmauk8231 I'm gay, and your point is ? It's a common expression, if you're not a native english speaker don't be so hasty to answer.
@@eliasmikealson4476 love it !! lol....none asked ME if I was gay when I said "my man" up above; so homophobic.
Someone please translate the question and answer in Spanish.Thanks in advance!
Rafa was watching real madrid match. Hala Madrid
It was a two fold question. First part was about his injury, wether it was serious enough or not, and wether he'd played through it in another competition or champioship that wasn't this one (suggesting implicitly that this Cup isn't that important).
Second one was which competition thinks he's more important, this one (Sponsored and organized by Roger Federer, a personal friend of his) or the new format Davis Cup (sponsored and organized by spanish football player Gerard Piqué). In fact that last one was quite poisonous in the way it was formulated because it was more a "would you prefer playing in your friend's tournament, or in a spanish guy's tournament"... with the added extra that Gerard Pique is a highly controversial figure in the spanish media for a lot of reasons (very vocal FC Barcelona player, lots of controversies about his published opinions about Real Madrid, etc), and that of course in the Davis Cup Nadal'd be representing Spain in a competition that, change of format or not, still is labelled "Davis cup", not a "team europe" in a very new tournament created a few years ago, that still doesn't give any ATP points, and that some pundits insist in labelling as little more than an "exhibition" format.
he answered the 2nd one first (it's clear Rafa's no fool and he clearly saw the reporter was trying to get some juicy stuff for his news report). He essentially stated that every time he's been called by any team for a competition, he's always answered the call and been there, as long as his body and physical shape have allowed him to do so, and that the Davis Cup won't be any different. He then said that his personal team and himself would analyze the situation when it's time to do so, and take a decision about the Davis Cup based on only that particular reason - wether it'd be good for him and his objectives to play the Davis Cup or not, regardless of who organizes it.
As for the first question, he straight up answered that the only reason he didn't play is because he couldn't. That he was fully committed to the team in this cup and that he was really excited to play with Roger again in the doubles match - but that he just couldn't, so he didn't, that it'd been no different in any other competition, that yesterday he already did an effort to play and that today he couldn't ,so he let someone else in the team to take his spot.
@@ramjb Thanks, I was also looking for a translation comment like this.
ramjb Wow!!! thank you for the translation and i appreciate esp the feedback on Rafa’s smart delivery of his response..the press can be tricky and can “fish” out controversies, and Rafa is polite but indeed “no fool”, in addressing them.You captured that and it helped us non-Spanish speaking viewers, to get into that moment..gracias
@@bengp3070 You're quite welcome ;).
the most important link to win is the TEAM SPIRIT. AND THAT is why I blv THIS TEAM is a WINNER. (As rafa said- something very close to this team spirit idea - is the heart issue).. And the nervousness of the coach is a totally wrong thought!! ID cower at this expression.....As a coach youre ALWAYS ON TOP TO WIN and ENCOURAGE .. YIU ALWAYS BELIEVE in your team apart from coaching to win.
They are all drunk haha well done boys tonight is young
Yeah and coked up too!
Best event...
The only way to be involved or support this event is either buy a ticket or be the top six tennis player in the world as an aspiring future generation of tennis professionals.
So mad........amazon problems ensured that it was impossible to watch any of the matches due to ‘buffetting’! I love this tournament,watch it every year but Thanks amazon for making even the replays unwatchable! ♥️🏴🇬🇧
Wtf happened to RBA?
what happened to Bautista Agut?
I read he had left for china to play matches.
@@umamaheshwari56 oh, that makes sense. Thank you
@@msods If you notice he was still there with the team when Zverev was going to play the last match. He probably left when then.
The dream europe team would be roger rafa novak tiem
"What *what*?!"
Who is on the right of Roger?
Thomas Enqvist (The Vice captain of Team Europe)
@@MsScorpyscorp I remember now. He had played in Pete Sampras era. Right?
@@sureshbabusri9331 Quite possible. He has always maintained a low profile therefore I don't remember much about him. He played after the Sampras Agassi era too, I think, but got faded away thanks to Fedal and the others.
Can you get much more italian-ian than Fognini?
Sascha puts himself in there 4:23
bruh the camera person must have a thing for zverev i mean sriously lmfaooo...he was on camera for like the first minute
rafa is real Madrid fan everybody......
And he is also an Honory member too.. He is so involved that the current president actually campaigns him to take over the Reigns as president of the club after Rafa completes mandatory 20 years as being the club member ( He is board member from 2011) As far as I heard he played a key role in Real Madrid signing Marco Ascensio.
Roger and rafa have always been supportive of sascha and then you see geniuses saying he is overrated.
They're supportive to try and get him to win for the team. But of course he's overrated. He's a best of 3 set player who's dangerous in any 3 set competition but not good enough to challenge in the slams.
@@RS-hh3etThey've both supported him to win a GS for the next gen when he came out a couple of years ago, especially rafa and objectively you can see why, game wise he doesn't have a lot of flaws quality serve/return/backhand aggressive, good work rate, and mentally i think he's got the right amount of confidence.
Coming back to the slams point, he's 22 still, rog won his first at 21 and was under achieving enormously untill 2002 same with novak, not every one can win a slam at 19 and acheive a career grand slam at 23 like rafa so you have to adjust your standards and look at it from a wider and realistic perspective.
Actually Roger is the one who has taken Sasha under his wing so to speak since he was a young age and started having success. Sasha also just signed with Roger’s management team hence Roger is now invested in him professionally as well. And yes, Sasha may or may not improve in Slams but for now he has performed below expectations in GS’s and he didn’t have a great season this far. That’s why ppl criticize him. He’s also arrogant at times.
@@eliasmikealson4476 First of all you've your "ages all wrong". And secondly of course they're going to say nice things when pressed about him 100 times in different interviews..When asked if he could challenge for grand slams they're not going to say "no" are they . And what they say about him being a great player is true..he is dangerous to anyone in best of 3. It's just he doesn't have what it takes in the best of 5 format...He's still dangerous but he's also capable of being beaten by huge numbers of players. If he manages to scrape through a few rounds he's picked off easily in the 3rd 4th round maybe quarters.
@@RS-hh3et Ok rog was 22 not 21 and rafa 24 not 23 sue me lol, i don't disagree with you in regards to zverev's achievements because there is nothing to disagree about those are facts but to say he is overrated is a bit much because another fact is he is still 22(i checked).I don't see anyone under 25 being consistent in slams recently, no one at any age really apart from the obvious 3/4/5 players, that's why i talked about adjusting the standards as we are used to a level of consistency throught the last 15 years that's not normal but because of how long it lasted, has somewhat shifted the bar of normality for the public opinion.
As much as i like fabio they should picked wawrinka. Not sure what his injury status was tho
Even more so because Wawrinka is from Geneva.
Wawrinka was available but articles are there that Roger wanted him to play but Laver cup and Stan couldn't agree on financial stuff.
Drunk Roger is fun
Compare this press conference to team world's, swearing, childish mocking, drinking while the question was asked not even paying attention, i mean those idiots need to understand that journalism is what will help promote a competition like this, roger, rafa and novak won't be around in ten years and it's certainly not shapovalov who is gonna bring crowds.
Agree.. the decency of Federer and Nadal shows quite clearly in these moments, such great ambassadors of Tennis! The other players were here for the “good time” more than anything
Some people think that tennis is too uptight. And why single out Shapovalov? He’s talented and a great guy and wasn’t the one swearing and chugging beer
@@natka9876Chugging beer while simultaniously ignoring an ongoing question and swearing and mockig a person doing his job however badly you think he is doing it isn't the opposite of uptight it's just disrespectfull, being yourself while being a brat is no better than alledgedly putting on a show for the press like novak does according to nick because at the end tennis players players are public figures and many ppl are inspired by the good and bad, it's not a weakness of character to recognise a flaw in one's self and try to change it instead of sticking to it because you're so real and proud of being real albeit real prick.
I didn't single out shapovalov in regards to the behaviour but rather as one of the 2/3 young players in that team who has yet to prove anything that may create public recongition and attraction to a new event that needs promoting and support from the young guys and handling press helps you do that.
@Elias Mikealson Tennis press conferences can be very dull, repetitive and too PC. Contrary to your statement, Nick who was chugging the beer and mocked the Italian reporter’s question as the most stupid question he’s ever heard, puts bums in the seats. If you ever watch a press conference for an MMA fight there’s a lot of trash talking and that draws huge crowds. I’m not arguing whether it’s good or bad. I agree that the younger guys need to step up their game. Handling press - I don’t know, I’ve watched a lot of post match interviews where I had to shake my head at how stupid and repetitive the questions were. Some folks are loving it when Nick blatantly tells reporters his mind.
@@natka9876 Yes press is very repetitive and journalist are often dull, predictable, asking "stupid" questions if you will and ppl are drawn to the unconventionnal and laugh at it but there is a fine line between genuinity and being deliberatly and purposefully rude,the latter may attract more views on social media but will never have the impact of the amount of respect ppl have for players like rafa/roger/novak/andy/stan/del potro... and in the long haul that aura is what will benefit tennis both from the viewer's point of view and from the young upcoming player's.
Congrats to Team Europe 💪🔥.
But in my humble and neutral opinion, it isn't good for the event as a whole for the same team to always win...just sayin' , it gets predictable and boring
so you're saying the event should be scripted lol
DAVAI PAPAI
And what about Novak? Where is he?
He was injured at the time
Asking Rafa to answer ... Roger got to know that Rafa only answers questions in very vague generic sentences with his heavy accent. I find it quite funny, as my impression of Nadal in my comedic video on tennis players was just that.
The first question from the Spanish journalist asked to Rafa was kind of disrespectful. As always, Rafa responded back with class.
what was the question? please.
What was the question?
what was asked and what was his response?
Just watch the video guys it's right at the beginning of the video lol but imo that was not THAT disrespectful but yeah Rafa always answer with class
@@Nina-oi1qk The second question sounded like a setup. "As of now, Which one do you care for the most, this cup organized by your friend Roger or the upcoming Davis Cup run by your countryman Piqué?
Rafa tried not to give the journalist anything he could play with afterwards.
But I mean the teams aren’t fair lol Rafa and Roger on the same team. Who stands a chance?
It is unfortunate, or FORTUNATELY- they both hail from EUROPE, the best ones do. US tennis needs to develop new generation players to represent the States in big competitions, win GS Tournaments like the days of the Connors, McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi..
@@bengp3070 Team world isnt all about US Tennis, what are you talking about? The WORLD needs better players. The always injured Del Potro would help them a great deal, also Nishikori and Anderson. But with potentially 3 big legends on the team and options like Dimitrov, Medvedev and Wawrinka on the bench, Europe will always be favourite - not sure about russia tho....i think politically its europe, but geografically it should definetely be asian.
Mark Mauk I do understand that Team World isn’t just purely made up of US players, but let’s face it, US tennis used to dominate the sport and in this kind of competitions, it would be awesome if we have strong representatives again, to throw in the line up.
@@bengp3070 Dominate ? Is this a joke?
@@bengp3070 US is not world and world is not US, people should not be this ignorant
The 7 dislikes are all of team world.