It’s official: Alcaraz, Djokovic and Zverev are left without Six Kings Slam for now

It’s official. The exhibition tournament Six Kings Slam, scheduled for October 21 to 24 in the Saudi city of Riyadh, has been canceled for the scheduled dates after the attacks by the Yemeni Houthis on the airport of this city in recent days causing fatalities.

The organization indicates in its statement in X that the event is postponed until December, from the 27th to the 30th, when the athletes are in full preseason before traveling to Australia. Although everything will depend on the geopolitical situation in an increasingly unstable area.

It is one of the sporting events that distributes the most money among its protagonists, all of them top-level. With fixed prices between one and a half million and two million dollars, the champion takes home six kilos.

The biggest prize in this sport went to the Italian Jannik Sinner in the last two editions. He was already out for the present due to his injury to his left knee, being replaced by the young American Learner Tien.

The two main stars were the Serbian Novak Djokovic and spanish Carlos Alcaraz, qualified directly for the semifinals by virtue of their greatest number of Grand Slam titles, 24 and 7, respectively.

The German was in the quarterfinals Alexander Zverev soon world number one, with quarterfinal duel against the American Taylor Fritz. While the Australian Alex de Minaur I had an appointment with Tien.