Tennis is coming to Saudi Arabia, which wants to make a firm commitment to the sport of rackets, after showing its economic power in football or golf.
This country will host the Next Gen ATP Finals 2023in Jeddah from November 28 to December 2, the tournament for the best under-21s of the season.
However, the leader of the new generation, the Spaniard, was not present. Carlos Alcaraz, which will qualify for the ATP Finals in Turin, the absolute ‘Masters’.
But Saudi Arabia will have two of the best tennis players on the circuit, in him Carlos Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovicas both will visit the city of Riyad to play an exhibition match on December 27.
The day before, within the Riyadh Season Tennis Cup event, the Belarusian will be Aryna Sabalenka and the Tunisian Ounce Jabeur who is being measured.
Both duels will take place at the Kingdom Arena, which has a capacity for 40,000 fans.
Alcaraz and Djokovic They are in full preseason, already looking to Australia, where the Open awaits them, from January 4 to 28. The Murcian will not play any official tournament before the Melbourne-based Grand Slam, although he will sign up for some ‘friendly’ matches.
Outside the official ATP calendar, Alcaraz also has an appointment with the American Tommy Paul at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, on November 29. And at the end of December or the beginning of January, the Carlos Alcaraz Cup in his native Murcia.
Source: La Verdad
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