Beginning of hostilities between Saudi Arabia and the ATP Tour?

le 06/02/2024 à 11h00

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Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev and Rune have committed to an exhibition in October. A busy month on the ATP calendar.

Saudi Arabia, via its General Entertainment Authority, has announced a major tennis exhibition tournament for October. Named the "6 Kings Slam", the event will bring together 6 of the world's greatest tennis names: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune.

No precise date has yet been given, but this exhibition, which will undoubtedly offer a substancial prize money, could enter into direct competition with the ATP Tour calendar. Two ATP 500 events, Vienna and Basel (both 21st to 27th), and above all two Masters 1000 events, Shanghai (2nd to 13th) and Paris-Bercy (from the 28th), are scheduled for October. Wait and see.

Non classé

4e, 4830 points

1e, 12050 points

2e, 11500 points

13e, 2760 points

15e, 2590 points

Unfortunately 💰 money 💰 talks & let's face it, the Saudi's have plenty to go round. 🤑

You knw these reporters will write anything Wayne

@WayneR.....Ali, they've ignored Rublev or Hurkacz, I don't understand why 🤔

They all not good enough...maybe stan in place of Rune i could have understood

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Aladdin, the management of ATP and WTA tours take money where they can do it with acceptable reputational risks)

As for Rune, he is young, talented player with significant progress recently, some kind of a bad guy able to attract attention. If they invited Ruby, there would be too many Russians at the tournament and russians now are not good for business 😉

Holger Rune in the greatest list🤔

The International Tennis Hall of Fame tournament in Newport, R.I. will end after this year, having been replaced with Saudi money. If one hasn't noticed, many countries outside of the United States own land, companies, golf courses, etc. in the United States of America. The Hall of Fame Open has been a great success for several decades for the town, state and country. Where does one draw the line?

John aka Aladdin, they don't belong there yet. The lot haven't even played in a slam final yet. Sascha and tsitsi have though and thiem has won once out of 3