The Laver Cup is in Vancouver for the 2023 edition where Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe will take on John MacEnroe’s Team World on Canadian soil.

The risk that Alcaraz is a product of sensationalism merits caution. But the results are clear.

The clay-court season offers lots of points, meaning potential rankings shake-ups. There is real intrigue surrounding 2022’s clay-court stretch - what will be the WTA rankings look like come June, and how will the likes of Swiatek, Djokovic, and Alcaraz fare?

The benefits of such a merger from a WTA standpoint are clear. While prize money and commercial appeal are closer across the ATP and WTA than at any point in the past, there remain veritable inequities between the two. A union of the tours is perhaps the best way to ensure total parity across the financial side of the game.