smile Fisherman on the Riyadh field after beating Alcaraz and thus sealing the first edition of the Six Kings Slam. There are already nine finals and eight won by the Italian in 2024, an impressive record for Jannik who wins for the first time this season against Alcaraz, after their three previous meetings at Indian Wells, Roland Garros and a few years ago. weeks only in Beijing.
The smile, the trophy in hand, will remain wide when he sees his bank account. In addition to the participation fee, Jannik pocketed $6 million, or about 5.5 euros, for becoming champion of the million-dollar exhibition created in Riyadh by Turki Al-Sheikh, owner of Almería and tournament promoter.
To understand how high this amount of money is in the prize money awarded for being a tennis world champion, the ATP pays half of it into the most important tournaments that take place during the year, the Grand Slam, with sums of around $3 million in the four cases (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open).
Riyadh now has its first king. The Six Kings Slam crowns a Sinner (6-7, 6-3, 6-3) who extends his state of grace this season. Eighth trophy of the season – if the million-dollar Saudi exhibition is made official – for the tennis player who will close the year at the top of the ATP rankings. Alcaraz was unable to avoid it, sometimes in overdrive, after another high-tension match between the two.
The artificial tournament in Riyadh, deceived by holograms and above all millions of euros, was the brush that finished drawing the generational change that has been preparing for two years. Alcaraz and Sinner in the final after respectively leaving Nadal and Djokovic, historical dominators of the racket, in the running. The duels between the transalpine and Murcian teams present a candidacy to inherit the weight of those from the Balearics and the Balkans.
