By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Grand Slam kings will collide within the Kingdom this fall.
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has signed on to hitch Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic, two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz and king of clay Rafael Nadal within the Six Kings Slam, a brand new exhibition occasion that shall be staged in Saudi Arabia in October.
Former US Open champion and three-time AO finalist Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune, the one non Grand Slam champion within the group, type the sphere for the six-man exhibition occasion that shall be staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the biggest metropolis on the Arabian Peninsula, as a part of the Saudi cultural and leisure pageant Riyadh Season.
Prepare for the final word conflict of titans ❤🇸🇦
This October 2024, Riyadh Season shall be internet hosting the “6 Kings Slam” – a spectacular championship the place six international tennis titans go head-to-head#BigTime #RiyadhSeason #برنامج_جودة_الحياة pic.twitter.com/SrIkSxgCF2— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) February 5, 2024
“After another tennis gamers have accomplished so, I’m very excited to play for the primary time in Riyadh,” Nadal stated in an announcement asserting the exhibition.
The announcement of the lads’s exhibition comes amid ongoing debate in regards to the WTA probably relocating its crown jewel, the WTA Finals, to Saudi Arabia within the fall.
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