Sinner, the challenge at the top has already begun but he is the great absentee: the South Tyrolean tennis player will thus start at a slight disadvantage.
The crème of the major circuit is already scattered to the four corners of the globe. Someone, for example, on the eve of Christmas, played the World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi, jumping at the chance to compare himself with other bigs before the hour of the Australian Open officially struck.
Others, these days, are instead in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the scene of a five-star exhibition tournament that will give us, this year, a series of thrilling and breathtaking challenges. The event began yesterday, December 26, but the highlight of the event is undoubtedly today. Because it is true that the entry list is chock full of champions and champions, but there is one face-off that, more than others, will interest the tennis people.
It will not be a match for its own sake, woe betide to think so. Nor will it be an exhibition and that’s all. No stakes are up for grabs, other than the honor derived from victory, but there are still good reasons to think that a lot will happen at the Riyadh Season Tennis Cup. Because when Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz face each other, you know the spectacle is assured.
Sinner, in Riyadh the challenge at the top has already begun: today Alcaraz and Djokovic are on the court
Yes, this will be the pivotal duel of this edition of the exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia. A face-to-face that promises sparks and will officially kick off the summit clash that, this much is certain, will characterize the upcoming season from the first bars.