He works as a TV analyst for tennis broadcasts and has been a captain for Britain in the United Cup team competition for women and men.
So far, Team Europe’s Laver Cup roster includes four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and three-time major finalist Alexander Zverev of Germany. The first two players named to Team World are Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.
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Henman, who is taking over the vice captain role from Thomas Enqvist, would love to see fellow Briton Jack Draper join Team Europe.
Draper, a 23-year-old left-hander, recently broke into the top 10 in the ATP rankings for the first time and won his first Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells, California.
“I spoke to his brother, Ben, who’s a good friend of mine, … at Indian Wells, and what he went on to achieve there was fantastic. I’d love—as Yannick Noah would—Jack to be part of Team Europe in San Francisco,” Henman said. “I will be trying to use my powers of persuasion, that is for sure.”
The Laver Cup is an annual event founded by Federer’s management company and first held in 2017.
