Jon Wertheim agreed, calling Davis Cup “a bit of a wreck” and Laver Cup “absolutely right for disruption.” He also said that at this point, with several seasons under the belt, there can now be discussions about what the future of Laver Cup could look like.
He brought up why the ATP was involved, if rotating sites was helping or hurting the event, and even argued for a change of teams as Europe vs. World may not make the most sense. But most notably, he questioned whether or not the women should compete.
“Half of my rationale is it would help with competitive balance,” Wertheim said. “For a while there it was Team Europe winning every year. If this wasn’t an exhibition, wouldn’t you fire McEnroe? I think it would help if you had Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, if we were dead set on this Europe vs. the World. I think women would help even it out.”
To this, Roddick countered: “If you’re a huge investor in women’s tennis, just go copy and paste this event.”
“I would be saying the exact same thing if the situation was reversed and Serena had started something that and it was a wild success,” he said. “It wouldn’t be Serena’s responsibility to go put a men’s event together or bring them into something that’s successful.”
