PRAGUE, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Team Europe defeated on Sunday Team World 15-9 and won the first Laver Cup tennis tournament held in Prague's O2 arena.
The Laver Cup tournament was initiated by 19-time Grand Slam winner, Swiss Roger Federer as homage to the legendary Australian Rod Laver, the only double Grand Slam holder.
Federer said he thought there was a need to see legends more often, and "tennis is our life, so here we are."
Laver watched the matches in Prague and presented the trophy to the victorious team.
Team Europe was headed by Swede Bjorn Borg. Along with Federer, it included Spanish Rafael Nadal, Austrian Dominic Thiem, German Alexander Zverev, Croat Marin Cilic and Czech Tomas Berdych.
Team World was led by U.S. John McEnroe, it was comprised of American John Isner, Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe as well as Australian Nick Kirgios and Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
The next Laver Cup competition will be held in Chicago.
