Surprising clause for Kyrgios in an exhibition in Mexico

the australian Nick Kyrgiostennis player number 22 in the ATP ranking, and the British Cameron Norriethirteenth, will play this Wednesday in Mexico City an exhibition match where they are contractually obligated to show their best tennis.

“Exhibition games have this sense that the players will entertain the crowd, but they won’t put in a lot of effort. In this case, players are signed up to play competitive matches with prize money to be presented on the day of the event. they came to win“, explained this Friday that Eduardo Rodríguez, one of the organizers of the conflict.

Kyrgios and Norrie will meet at the Mexico City Arena, a venue that hosts NBA games played in the Mexican capital.

Last minute Norrie entered the eventnamed Tennis Showdown Mexico, replaced Frenchman Gael Monfilswho dropped out due to injury.

This is one of several changes that organizers have had to make since September 2021, the first date with a confrontation between Austrian Dominic Thiem and Russian Andrey Rublev.

Thiem also suffered an illness which forced him to cancel his participation and the team led by Rodríguez, director of Tennis Showdown, decided to replace the Austrian with the Russian Daniil Medvedev.

The Medvedev-Rublev fight is scheduled for March this yearHowever, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the directors to postpone the confrontation of these two tennis players to 2023 and to take Kyrgios and Norrie at the last minute.

Wednesday’s day will open with a doubles match, pitting the pair of Colombians Juan Sebastian Farah and Roberto Cabal against Mexicans Santiago González and Manuel Sánchez.

“We have signed the contracts of all the tennis players who come to play a competitive match, to give their maximum effort. In addition, the players will get an extra bonus, which if they don’t play like we think it’s a good level we won’t release itRodriguez said.