Jannik Sinner DEFEATED Carlos Alcaraz AGAIN TO WIN THE $6 MILLION Six Kings Slam TITLE In Riyadh! The young star continues to assert his SUPERIOR position – Details of the DRAMASIC confrontation that left the world in awe
Under the bright glare of Riyadh’s indoor lights, Jannik Sinner walked into the Six Kings Slam final carrying the weight of expectation and the calm of a champion—and he walked out with the richest winner’s check of the season and a rivalry tilted further in his favor. In a statement performance, the Italian swept past world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4, to retain his Six Kings Slam crown and collect a total payday of $6 million, a sum that combines the event’s $4.5 million winner’s purse with a $1.5 million participation fee.
The plot was familiar, the pacing ruthless. Sinner, laser-precise off the backhand wing and elastic on defense, set the tone immediately with first-strike depth and a return that robbed Alcaraz of rhythm. He protected his own service games with icy efficiency, turning the first set into a sprint that the Spaniard couldn’t quite join, then closing the door in a tenser second set with crisp patterns and nerveless execution at 30-all moments. Reports from courtside framed the night as a masterclass in economy: Sinner controlled rallies early, kept points short when he could, and trusted his patterns when Alcaraz tried to drag him into improvisational chaos. The scoreline—and the speed of the finish—told the same story.
Context turns the victory into a headline. This was the second successive Six Kings Slam final between the sport’s twin supernovas—and Sinner’s second straight title at the exhibition event in Saudi Arabia. The tournament sits outside the ATP calendar yet draws the biggest names and the biggest checks, cleverly scheduling a rest day to comply with regulations that restrict three consecutive days of exhibition play. That wrinkle allowed organizers to stage blockbuster semis and a grandstand final without breaking the letter of the law; the spectacle did the rest.
Prize money added thunder to the applause. The winner’s $6 million haul set social feeds ablaze and ensured the final’s stakes felt anything but “friendly.” Media tallies and event recaps aligned on the figure, while noting that Alcaraz, runner-up for a second year running, took home his appearance fee. But the number by Sinner’s name felt like something else entirely: a badge for a week in which he cut through a heavyweight field, handled the Novak Djokovic threat earlier in the event, and then denied the world No. 1 in a final that never slipped out of his grasp.
What made it dramatic wasn’t just the result; it was the clarity. Point after point, Sinner made complex tennis look simple: take time away on the return, pin the forehand corner, flip defense to offense with one early backhand, finish with a clean line. Alcaraz, typically a storm of invention, found fewer windows than usual. When he did pry open chances, Sinner’s choices were cooler—higher-margin crosscourt first, line change second, the kind of patience that wins late-stage matches. The Italian’s body language remained unhurried; the scoreboard followed suit.
Rivalries rewrite themselves in chapters. This one’s latest entry announced a theme: Sinner’s present-tense authority. He leaves Riyadh with momentum, a reinforced aura, and another signature win over the top seed on a marquee stage. Exhibition label or not, the night felt real enough: two generational talents, one decisive victor, and a crowd that understood it was seeing the balance of power expressed in real time—and in neon. If there was any doubt about where Sinner stands as the lights fade in Riyadh, the answer glowed on the scoreboard and in his stride: on top, again.
