{"id":2220619,"date":"2026-10-26T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2220619"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:16:08","slug":"jannik-sinner-reacts-to-six-kings-slam-news-as-atp-star-set-to-miss-out-on-1-2m-payday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2220619","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner reacts to Six Kings Slam news as ATP star set to miss out on \u00a31.2m payday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Jannik Sinner reacts to Six Kings Slam news as ATP star set to miss out on \u00a31.2m payday<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex gap-x-3 gap-y-1 md:gap-x-4 flex-wrap items-center\">\n                        <span class=\"ps-authors flex 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Wimbledon title in mid-July. At the time, few would have expected that would be his last outing, but that is what has come to pass.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-2026-season-over-injury-update\">shut down his 2026 season in early October<\/a> due to an inflamed knee, but it appears he will play again this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Six Kings Slam was originally scheduled for 21-24 October, but it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcarazs-complaints-tested-six-kings-slam-postponed\">pushed back due to unrest in the Middle East<\/a>, with the exhibition now taking place between 27-30 December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-injury-boost-decisive-darren-cahill-talks-emerge-report\">Any fears about Sinner\u2019s health<\/a> may have been put to bed on Monday after Saudi Arabian government official Turki Al-Sheikh posted on Instagram that the five-time major winner will participate in the money-spinning event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/De9doA4oU0d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF;line-height: 0;padding: 0 0;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;width: 100%\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/De9doA4oU0d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(16px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px;transform: translateY(-4px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/De9doA4oU0d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by TURKI ALALSHIKH \u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a \u0627\u0653\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u062e (@turki)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>More Jannik Sinner News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-2 mt-3 px-3 text-base font-semibold leading-snug text-title xs:px-4\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/atp-rankings-jannik-sinners-final-days-as-no-1-arthur-fils-new-high-joao-fonseca-12\">ATP Rankings: Jannik Sinner\u2019s final days as No 1, Arthur Fils cracks new high, Joao Fonseca -12<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 mt-3 px-3 text-base font-semibold leading-snug text-title xs:px-4\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-exhibition-match-australian-open\">Jannik Sinner confirmed to play exhibition match right before the Australian Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to this, Sinner posted an Instagram story of his Six Kings Slam graphic for the 2026 exhibition on Monday afternoon, seemingly confirming the news. Of course, he could suffer a setback but this appears to be good news for the Wimbledon champion.<\/p>\n<p>The third edition of this exhibition sees players earn \u00a31.2million for competing and an extra \u00a33.5m for the overall winner.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to compete alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur.\u00a0Prior to the exhibition\u2019s postponement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/learner-tien\">Learner Tien<\/a> was set to replace the injured Sinner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeKJqR9NuFM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF;line-height: 0;padding: 0 0;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;width: 100%\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeKJqR9NuFM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(16px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px;transform: translateY(-4px)\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent;transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeKJqR9NuFM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Six Kings Slam (@sixkingsslamriyadh)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, this Sinner development may mean the American is surplus to requirements in Riyadh. The 20-year-old has earned nearly $2.5m (\u00a31.87m) in prize money this year, and if he did take part, that could rise to more than \u00a33m.<\/p>\n<p>Now, though, the left-hander looks set to be the victim of Sinner\u2019s return. The 6ft 3in player has faced Alcaraz in the final of this event for the past two years and has come out on top both times.<\/p>\n<p>When Sinner returns, he will have dropped down to second in the rankings as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Zverev<\/a> has capitalised on his absence by winning the US Open, months after claiming his maiden Grand Slam at the French Open, and usurping him in top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The German clinched the year-end No 1 ranking during the Shanghai Masters as a result of Alcaraz\u2019s early exit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/andre-agassi-hopes-jannik-sinner-injured\">Andre Agassi states what he hopes Jannik Sinner has been doing while out injured<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner reacts to Six Kings Slam news as ATP star set to miss out on \u00a31.2m payday Richie Mills 26 Oct 2026 3:16 PM Jannik Sinner is set to play in the Six Kings Slam later this year Injured world No 1 Jannik Sinner has been confirmed to play in the postponed Six Kings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2220619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2220619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2220619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2220619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2220619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}