{"id":26439,"date":"2025-04-17T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T03:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26439\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T03:16:10","slug":"what-happened-behind-the-scenes-at-the-laver-cup-in-2018-which-left-novak-djokovic-dying-of-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26439\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened behind the scenes at the Laver Cup in 2018 which left Novak Djokovic \u2018dying of laughter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Novak Djokovic has appeared at two Laver Cup tournaments during his tennis career, entertaining fans around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Serbian star last appeared at the Laver Cup in 2022, alongside Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray for Roger Federer\u2019s<\/a> final match before retirement.<\/p>\n

Djokovic won his opening singles match against Frances Tiafoe<\/a> before securing another victory alongside Matteo Berrettini in the doubles.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Julian Finney\/Getty Images for Laver Cup<\/p>\n

However, it was Djokovic\u2019s day three defeat to Felix-Auger-Aliassime<\/a> that handed Team World a 10-8 lead.<\/p>\n

Tiafoe\u2019s win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next match saw Team World win their first-ever Laver Cup<\/a> title.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a> may have left London with a sour taste in his mouth, but could well have fonder memories of his Laver Cup debut, four years earlier.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic was \u2018dying of laughter\u2019 teaching Jeremy Chardy how to hit backhands at the 2018 Laver Cup<\/p>\n

Speaking on the UTS Tour YouTube channel, former Australian Open<\/a> quarter-finalist Jeremy Chardy looked back upon his experience at the 2018 Laver Cup.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember at the Laver Cup with David [Goffin] in Chicago, he tried to teach me the backhand, do you remember that, with Novak [Djokovic]?\u201d said Chardy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of them were coaching me. I remember there was Tomas Enqvist, Novak, and David, and they were all trying to explain the backhand to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[Mimicking Goffin] Try, try Jim, as soon as you feel it, it\u2019ll be good.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were trying to make me do some kind of loop like this, it was funny, because David and Novak have pretty good backhands and they were explaining it to me and I just couldn\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images for The Laver Cup<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel anything, and we were dying of laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll never forget it, that damn loop traumatized me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goffin then recalled what Chardy reverted to doing after failing to understand the \u2018loop\u2019 technique.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, well, he chipped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for The Laver Cup<\/p>\n

\u201cForget it guys, I\u2019ll just do this, it\u2019ll be easier,\u201d said Chardy in reply.<\/p>\n

How did Novak Djokovic, David Goffin, and Jeremy Chardy perform at the 2018 Laver Cup?<\/p>\n

Captain Bjorn Borg<\/a> selected a strong squad for the 2018 Laver Cup as Team Europe looked to defend the title they won one year earlier.<\/p>\n\nATP Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nNotes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nRoger Federer<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\nAlexander Zverev<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n7<\/td>\nGrigor Dimitrov<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n11<\/td>\nDavid Goffin<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n16<\/td>\nKyle Edmund<\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s pick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n41<\/td>\nJeremy Chardy<\/td>\nAlternate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Team Europe\u2019s 2018 Laver Cup squad<\/p>\n

Traveling as an alternate, Chardy didn\u2019t take to the court in Chicago, but was a core member of Team Europe regardless.<\/p>\n

Goffin won his only singles match at the 2018 Laver Cup, taking down Diego Schwartzman<\/a>, 6-4, 4-6, [11-9], to extend Team Europe\u2019s advantage to 3-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u2019s first outing was less successful, as he and Federer came up short against Kevin Anderson and Jack Sock<\/a> in the doubles.<\/p>\n

Losing his second match at the tournament on day two, Djokovic fell victim to the South African once more, handing Team World their first singles victory of the event.<\/p>\n

Goffin\u2019s final appearance in 2018 was also unsuccessful, losing to Sock and Nick Kyrgios alongside Grigor Dimitrov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither Djokovic nor Goffin played another match as Team Europe defended their title with a 13-8 victory over Team World.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for The Laver Cup<\/p>\n

The Belgian star hasn\u2019t returned to the Laver Cup since, with Djokovic making just one more appearance in 2022.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if either player will take part in San Francisco for the 2025 edition of the Laver Cup, which begins on September 19.<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev will play for Team Europe later this year, but it will certainly be interesting to see who else completes the line-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic has appeared at two Laver Cup tournaments during his tennis career, entertaining fans around the world.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,16144,4295,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-26439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-laver-cup","10":"tag-novak-djokovic","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114351137645265493","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}