{"id":781772,"date":"2026-09-25T03:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781772\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:32:16","slug":"from-black-court-to-black-tie-for-the-laver-cup-opening-night-gala-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781772\/","title":{"rendered":"From black court, to black tie for the Laver Cup opening night gala | Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laver Cup teammates swapped their blue and red tennis kit for black ties and tuxedoes at the Opening Night Gala on Thursday night, mingling with a glittering line up of guests, from John McEnroe and Roger Federer, to Andy Roddick and Rod Laver.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam Europe line up at the Opening Night Gala<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Looking<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tLooking sharp, Spanish sensation Rafael Jodar. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam Europe captain Yannick Noah and his partner, Malika. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Carlos<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tCarlos Alcaraz at the Opening Night Gala.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Dashing<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tDashing captains, Yannick Noah and Tim Henman. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Newcomers<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tNewcomers to Laver Cup, Learner Tien, Brandon Nakashima and Ignacio Buse. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Question<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tQuestion time for Taylor Fritz and Alexander Bublik. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Legend<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tLegend Rod Laver and loved ones at the Opening Night Gala. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam Europe line up at the Opening Night Gala.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam World hit the spotlight at the Opening Night Gala.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam World alternate Ignacio Buse cuts a striking pose at the Opening Night Gala.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Carlos<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tCarlos Alcaraz and Rafael Jodar share a laugh. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTeam World captains Andre Agassi and Patrick Rafter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laver Cup teammates swapped their blue and red tennis kit for black ties and tuxedoes at the Opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[87496,870,159145,15929,127485,257197,101,118,56,54,55,66210],"class_list":["post-781772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-brandon-nakashima","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-ignacio-buse","tag-learner-tien","tag-rafael-jodar","tag-rod-laver","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yannick-noah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}