Andy Murray is not a fan of the Six Kings Slam trailer, which has stars like Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, and Jannik Sinner in it. Murray feels that no one is interested in the upcoming exhibition match.
A five-minute teaser featuring Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, and Holger Rune was released over the weekend by the tournament’s organizers. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia from October 16–19.
Alcaraz plays the “Sand Man,” Sinner is the “Renaissance Artist,” Rune is a “Viking Warrior,” Medvedev is the “King of Bears,” Nadal is the “Clay Warrior,” and Djokovic is the “Leader of Wolves” in a promotional video.
However, former world number one Murray responded to X by saying he doubted he would attend the exhibition match.
Murray wrote: “Except it’s not a movie and you won’t watch it because it’s an exhibition tennis event that nobody cares about.”
Tennis legends Djokovic and Nadal have already advanced straight to the semifinal of the lucrative competition; the other four players will have to play quarterfinal matches.
While the winner of the match between Alcaraz and Rune will face Nadal, Medvedev and Sinner will compete for the privilege of taking on Djokovic in the round of eight.
The six players in the multi-million dollar Six Kings Slam will receive enormous prize money; the winner will take home £4.8 million, and each player will receive a guaranteed appearance fee of £1.2 million.
Sinner in Beijing, ranking, and results in 2024
Ranked no.1, Jannik owns a compiled 57-5 win-loss record in 2024. Jannik is playing at the moment in Beijing where he bested the world no.28 Nicolas Jarry 4-6 6-3 6-1 and the world no.69 Roman Safiullin 3-6 6-2 6-3.
will fight against the world no.37 Jiri Lehecka in the quarter on Monday at 7:00 pm on LOTUS. Their current record is 2-2.Jannik clinched 6 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati and U.S. Open.
Jannik won 17 titles in his career: 8 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 7 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters). The main draw will start on the 28th of October.
Novak Djokovic in 2024
Now ranked no.4, Novak played his last match on the 14th of September when he defeated world no.773 Ioannis Xilas 6-0 6-1 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
Currently, during this year Djokovic achieved a 32-8 win-loss record. Djokovic clinched 1 title in Paris. Novak was the finalist in Wimbledon.
Novak clinched 1 title in 2024 in Paris. Djokovic was the finalist in Wimbledon.
The Serbian won 100 titles in his career: 53 on hard courts, 20 on clay courts, 19 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters). The main draw will start on the 28th of October.
Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic clashed against each other 7 times. The head to head is 4-3 for Djokovic. The last time they competed against each other, Jannik Sinner won 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 in the semifinal in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 26th of January 2024.
Here are the highlights.