Jannik Sinner , for the second consecutive time, ended the Six Kings Slam in his favor. Although the final of the first edition was a tight affair, this time, the Italian swept past Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.
At the press conference later, Sinner defended the exhibition tournaments. Complaints about the 11-month calendar have grown in recent years as ATP keeps coming up with rules that players believe are forcing them to continue playing. Take the new ATP 500 rule, according to which players have to feature in at least four tournaments of this level, including one after the US Open.
Additionally, from this season onward, the Cincinnati Masters and the Canadian Open will be played over a span of 12 days, joining five other Masters 1000 events. Even someone like Novak Djokovic