Saudi Arabia wants to fully enter the professional tennis calendars of the world, and already has a small pearl as the first promotion of the organization of an official event.
The city of Jeddah will host the Next Gen ATP Finals from 2023 to 2027. The official announcement stressed that there will be a record prize money, which will reach $2,000,000 this season, up from $1,600 in 2022.
The tournament will be played from November 28 to December 12 at the King Abdullah Sports City, maintaining the hard court and the covered pavilion.
This country is also chasing a major prize, the WTA Finals, the Masters of the best female professional.
The first five editions were held in Milan, bringing together the eight best under-21s in the world ranking. South Korean became the champion Hyeon Chungthe greek Stefanos Tsitsipasthe Italian Jannik SinnerThe Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and the american Brandon Nakashima. It was not held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Alcaraz and the danish Holger Rune They are leading the so-called Race to Jeddah, although both, aged 20, aspire to play in the full ATP Finals, in the Italian city of Turin from November 12 to 19. The Murcian has already sealed the ticket for at its premiere, was aborted in 2022 due to stomach damage.
The Next Gen ATP Finals are played using a different format of results and rules, serving annually as a testing laboratory for new initiatives, including refereeing.
Source: La Verdad
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