By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, October 28, 2024
Photograph credit score: Lintao Zhang/ Getty
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have break up the Grand Slam spoils this season.
The rivals shared the courtroom within the latest Six Kings Slam remaining and delivered disparate views on enjoying the profitable exhibition in Saudi Arabia.
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World No. 1 Sinner beat Alcaraz to win the Six Kings Slam and accumulate a tennis-record payday of greater than $6 million for his victory.
The reigning Australian Open and US Open champion mentioned it was competitors slightly than money that drew him to Riyadh.
“No, I do not play for cash, it is quite simple,” Sinner informed Eurosport. “In fact, it is a good prize and the whole lot however for me, I went there as a result of there have been probably the six greatest gamers on the earth, after which you’ll be able to measure your self with them. It was additionally a pleasant occasion for me, it was the primary time I went to Riyadh and it was good,”
Roland Garros and Wimbledon winner Alcaraz mentioned cash is not the whole lot, however admitted the large pay day was a principal motivator for his Siz Kings Slam look.
“If I say I went there only for enjoyable or to play and overlook the cash, I am gonna lie,” Alcaraz informed the media on the Rolex Paris Masters. “I imply, each particular person work for that, as nicely. You realize, that is how life is about. You realize, I like enjoying tennis. You realize, more often than not I do not take into consideration the cash. I simply play for love or for enjoyable.
“However it’s important to be sensible. You need to suppose that you simply wish to earn cash, you recognize, and that is it. You realize, in Arabia is probably the most highest prize cash ever within the historical past, in order that was a superb motivation, a minimum of for me.”
