Russian Daniil Medvedev will play in a new exhibition tournament with the participation of world tennis stars “Championship”.
The tournament called 6 Kings Slam will take place in Riyadh. The organizers of the competition said that Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune will also come to the tournament.
Medvedev reached the final of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the calendar, and lost to Sinner. The match, which lasted 3 hours and 44 minutes, ended with scores of 3:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:3 in 5 sets. Medvedev won the first two sets but then lost three games. Medvedev failed to reach the Australian Open final for the third time.
Medvedev became the first tennis player in the Open era to lose two Australian Open finals and take a 2-0 lead in sets. In 2022, the Russian lost to Spanish Rafael Nadal in the final match for the championship with scores of 2:6, 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:4, 7:5.
Formerly tennis player Medvedev stayed He is ranked third in the ATP rankings.