Sinner heir to Cristiano Ronaldo. The news circulating in recent hours says it all about his popularity: Saudi Arabia is crazy about him.
Long gone are the days when there was only soccer. The new recruits have helped to restore the luster of tennis, and this is evidenced by the fact that many of the new champions are already darlings. We are not at all surprised, then, this being the case, that Saudi Arabia is trying hard to wink at the sport of the moment.
That tennis piqued its interest was already clear when, on the occasion of the Ryhadh Season Cup, the Arabs had well thought of organizing a face-to-face between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. It was also evident, as if that were not enough, by the fact that Jeddah had hosted the Next Gen Atp Finals. There is then some persistent talk of a new Masters 1000, and guess where it would be played? In Riyadh, of course, but only starting in 2025, in the run-up to the Australian Open. The Arabs, in short, like tennis. And quite a lot, too.
To prove this, there is a piece of news, circulated in the past few hours, that has already left thousands and thousands of fans speechless. Never has anything like this been organized in the history of the sport, reasoning that it would be a first. And what a first time.
Even Sinner at the Slam of Kings
In October, according to information leaked so far, the city of Riyadh will host a unique event. It will be, in essence, a kind of “Slam” between kings. It will be called 6 Kings Slam and will feature, precisely, six of the most prestigious and important tennis players of the moment.
Among them, needless to say, will be Jannik Sinner. Along with him will land in Saudi Arabia Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Rafael Nadal and Holger Rune. The best that the current tennis landscape has to offer, basically. Otherwise, everything is in flux. There is no definite news about the format, as Gazzetta dello Sport makes clear, nor about the cachet to be allocated to the various competing tennis players. Although it remains understood, but it also goes without saying, that these will be disproportionate sums. Pharaonic.
Sinner as CR7, therefore, coveted even by the sheikhs. For him it will be, by the way, a very first time. The South Tyrolean champion, fresh from his triumph at the Australian Open, has never played on Saudi soil. And that is also why the Arabs strongly wanted him at the new Slam of Kings.
