By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday October 25, 2024 The last Masters 1000 event of 2024 will take place in Paris next week, and the draw has been released with World No.1 Jannik Sinner and World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz anchoring the table. Novak Djokovic, seven-time and defending champion, has elected not to play this…
Getty Images Jannik Sinner was crowned champion of the inaugural Six Kings Slam exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabai on Saturday after beating Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 in the final. Sinner failed to finish off a 4-1 lead in the opening set and he also gave back a break early in the second. However, the…
The best rivalry of the present and one of the best rivalries of the past will be on display for final-day competition at the Six Kings Slam. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz battle for the title, while Novak Djokovic faces Rafael Nadal. Championship: Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz We will get another installment–albeit an unofficial…
The new generation has certainly taken over with both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner scoring semi-final victories over Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic respectively in the inaugural Six Kings Slam exhibition event being staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Carlos was too good. He’s been playing fantastic the last few years, better and better – Rafa…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 17, 2024 Photo credit: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Jannik Sinner did not receive special treatment in his doping case, International Tennis Integrity Agency CEO Karen Moorhouse said in a statement. The ITIA CEO defended the process that adjudicated world No. 1 Sinner’s case after he twice tested positive for the…
Saudi Arabia has so far been denied by the ATP, a Masters level event on their shores so they have decided, as is their want, to buy their way into tennis as they have done in football, boxing and other sports. It’s an incredible event, we’ve been talking about it since the US Open, and…
Mubadala World Tennis Championship 2016 29th Dec The semifinals of the Six Kings Slam exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will be held on Thursday, when Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic take the court following byes. They are facing Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, respectively. Carlos Alcaraz vs. Rafael Nadal Nadal will be making his penultimate…
Getty Images It’s not yet exhibition season on the tennis calendar, but nonetheless there is one–and a big one–this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Six Kings Slam begins on Wednesday, with matches featuring Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune.Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil MedvedevThe Six Kings Slam exhibition gets underway on Wednesday,…
It took Jannik Sinner just under 97-minutes to squeeze past Novak Djokovic in the final of the Rolex Shanghai Masters to collect his seventh title of the year in what is proving a very successful season for the Italian. He was serving great the first set, I couldn’t find a way to break him. I…
Getty Images Jannik Sinner won his seventh title on Sunday afternoon, toppling Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 6-3 in the final of the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Sinner did not face a single break point en route to victory in one hour and 37 minutes. The first-set tiebreaker proved to be decisive. Djokovic has been dominant in such…
