RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will host a new elite tennis exhibition featuring Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal with three other Grand Slam winners in October, the country’s General Entertainment Authority has announced.
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune will also play at the “Six Kings Slam”, which will form part of the Saudi cultural and entertainment festival Riyadh Season, organizers said.
With Sinner having recently won the Australian Open, Dane Rune is the only player on the six-man roster without a Grand Slam title.
Nadal, who has hinted this may be his final season, signed up last month as a tennis ambassador for Saudi Arabia. The Spaniard said he was looking forward to the event.
“After some other tennis players have done so, I am very excited to play for the first time in Riyadh,” the 22-times Grand Slam champion was quoted as having said in a press release.
Saudi Arabia will host the season-ending Next Gen Finals for men’s under-21 players in Jeddah from 2023 to 2027, the ATP announced last August.
