The Six Kings Slam from Saudi Arabia which was debated a few days ago continues to provoke reactions of all kinds on the tennis planet. Some stars on the circuit were very critical of the fact that the main ATP players agreed to play the tournament.
This is how it was presented Andy Roddickwho believed that the circuit would increasingly turn to highly paid exhibitions that topped the regular tournaments. “It’s easier to pay Sinner $6 million if you don’t have responsibility for 122 other players.”plus doubles, plus this and that. It was played on a court and invested in marketing,” said the American.
But that doesn’t mean you like the format. “If they paid you that much, dance, or whatever is necessary. But, to be honest, I didn’t like the event in Saudi Arabia. It was something unnatural. The match between Novak and Rafa was an exhibition without the beauty of the Laver Cup,” Roddick criticized.
The American also resented the predisposition of the stars to play in the tournament. “It irritates me so much that Sinner made in three days of the exhibition more than 25% of the money I made in my entire career”said Roddick, critical of the possibility that multimillion-dollar exhibitions will carry more weight than the circuit itself.
Source: La Verdad
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