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Jannik Sinner earns half of his prize money in 2024 through Six Kings Slam
ATPMonday, 21 October 2024 at 11:30
Italy’s Jannik Sinner had an incredible run in 2024 when he became world number one during the French Open after Serbia’s Novak Djokovic was forced to retire because of an injury just before the start of the quarterfinal against Norway’s Casper Ruud.
The 23-year-old’s on-court became even better after he won an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia — Six Kings Slam. With that, he earned a whopping prize money worth of £4.6 million. He defeated world number two Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the final with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-3. Interestingly, the £4.6 million earned by Sinner in Riyadh after winning the Six Kings Slam is half of what he earned throughout the year where he won seven titles including two Grand Slams.
Sinner, after beating Alcaraz in the final, spoke highly of his opponent and stated that he makes him a better player. He was of the opinion that the four-time Grand Slam winner pushes him hard to improve and believes that such rivalries is always good for the sport where two players are battling in every competition to secure the ultimate prize.
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“We try to push ourselves to the limit,” he said. “I wake up in the morning trying to understand how to beat him. These kinds of rivalries and players always push us to our 100 per cent limit. I’m very happy about this today. We understand each other very well. We travel a lot, we are I would say good friends, not obviously the best of the best. We also like to share every time we go on the court, we try to enjoy it. Until now every match was very good level-wise. Hopefully this rivalry will last as long as possible, but there are so many other great players who can jump in, which is so exciting. Let’s see what is coming in the future, nobody can tell.”
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