5 hours Ago By Harry Latham-Coyle
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will meet for the final time at the Six Kings Slam, a new exhibition event in Saudi Arabia. Nadal, who won 22 grand slams, will be retiring after the Davis Cup next month but he will play his great rival Djokovic, the winner of 24 grand slam, in the third-place match in Riyadh. Nadal and Djokovic have faced each other a record 60 times, with the Serbian winning 31 and the Spaniard 29.
Their most recent meeting came at the Paris Olympics, won by Djokovic as he went on to win Olympics. Also on Saturday, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will meet in the final, with a prize of £4.5m on the line.
Alcaraz defeated Nadal and Sinner took down Djokovic in the semi-finals. Here’s everything you need to know. Nadal will face Djokovic at around 5pm BST on Saturday 19 October.
It will be followed by the final between Alcaraz and Sinner, starting from 7pm. As it’s a non-ATP-sanctioned event, players will not earn any ranking points. Each of the six participants is guaranteed a minimum prize of $1.
5m (£1.15m), though, with the winner will taking home the largest prize in tennis history: $6m (£4.59m).
16 October : Jannik Sinner def. Daniil Medvedev , Carlos Alcaraz def. Holger Rune 17 October : Jannik Sinner def.
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz def. Rafael Nadal 19 October : 5pm: Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic; 7pm: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner The competition will be streamed live on DAZN for free. If you want to stream major sporting events while you are travelling or watching from abroad you’ll need a VPN.
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