Canada's Raonic named in Team World for Laver Cup

Britain Tennis - Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - O2 Arena, London - 19/11/16 Canada's Milos Raonic reacts during his semi final match against Great Britain's Andy Murray Reuters / Toby Melville Livepic

(Reuters) - Canadian Milos Raonic, ranked number six in the world, is the first player to be named in the rest of the world team that will take on Europe in the inaugural Laver Cup from Sept. 22-24 in Prague this year.

The Laver Cup, a three-day competition modelled on golf's Ryder Cup, will pit a team of six top players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world.