Murray blasts Six Kings Slam promo: “Tennis event nobody cares about”

Retired tennis legend Andy Murray seems indifferent to the Six Kings Slam, a multi-million dollar exhibition event slated to run from October 16-19 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The high-paying tournament will feature big names, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, and Holger Rune, reportedly charging appearance fees in excess of a million dollars, with the winner to bag a whopping $6 million in prize money.

The event’s draw is already out.

The tournament will open with quarter-final clashes — Sinner vs Medvedev and Alcaraz vs Rune — followed by semi-final showdowns on Day 2, with Serb Djokovic and Spaniard Nadal awaiting the winners from Day 1.

The concluding day will witness the final and match for third place.

In fresh developments, the tournament organisers dropped a striking promo featuring the participants as gladiators of some sort.

The promo, titled Call of the Kings, has portrayed Spaniard Alcaraz as the Sand Man swinging on a practice court and world No 1 Sinner carving himself as a Renaissance artist. Dane Rune is seen defending his ship as a Viking warrior while Medvedev, the world No 5, chases a tennis ball as the King of Bears.

The video ends with 22-time Grand Slam champion emerging from the ground as the Clay Warrior followed by 24-time Major winner Djokovic meditating on frosty alps as the Leader of Wolves.

Brit Liam Broady, the ATP No 481, was particularly impressed by the theatrical trailer for the Six Kings Slam as he took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote:

“Speechless as to how damn cool this promo is. Probably best I’ve ever seen in tennis. Would watch this movie. 10/10”

Broady soon met with a rebuttal by fellow Brit Andy Murray, who minced no words in discounting the exhibition.

“Except it’s not a movie and you won’t watch it because it’s an exhibition tennis event that nobody cares about,” Murray replied blasting the preview.

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