Andy Roddick pointed out that Jannik Sinner had won “over 25%” of his career prize money at the Six Kings Slam showpiece and claimed it made him “sick”.

The American tennis star also revealed that he was “not at all interested” in the event in Saudi Arabia and thought it looked “completely unnatural” and “weird”.

Sinner He collected a staggering $6 million by winning the Six Kings Slam, the largest salary in tennis history.

The Italian star defeated Daniil Medvedev in the quarter-finals. Novak Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz will take part in the semi-finals of the exhibition tournament and Carlos Alcaraz will take part in the final.

The 23-year-old’s prize money for his three matches in Riyadh is almost half the $12,032,935 he has earned so far over the 10 months of his remarkable 2024 season. The world No. 1 has won seven ATP titles this year, including two Grand Slams.

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Roddick, the former world No. 1, earned $20,640,030 in prize money during his 12-year professional career, spanning from 2000 to 2012. He has won 32 ATP singles titles, including the 2003 US Open and five Masters 1000 crowns.

In an episode of the series Served with Andy Roddick On the podcast, Roddick criticized the Six Kings Slam while discussing the huge prize money on offer.

“Actually, I don’t envy anyone’s choices,” the American said. “Listen, someone is going to pay you that much money and you’re going to have to go do some weird dancing.

“Everything looked completely unnatural. It just looked weird. I had no interest.

“Even the Novak and Rafa (Nadal) thing, I don’t know, it felt good, it felt like an exhibition but it didn’t have the charm of the Laver Cup, where the interaction between players and legends is brought back.

“For better or worse, we will see more of this kind of thing, this exho’s budgets are too high.

“It’s easier to pay Sinner $6 million when you’re not responsible for X, Y, and Z alongside 122 other players in a given event, as well as doubles.

“It’s one trial, not a million trials, no expenses and a government marketing budget.”

Roddick wryly explained that it didn’t bother him that Sinner earned more than a quarter of his career earnings from the event.

“It certainly doesn’t sicken me that he (Sinner) earned over 25% of my career prize money in three days of exhibition tennis,” he said.

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