Jannik Sinner withdrew his entry for the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy on Tuesday.
The world number one is tormented by an intestinal virus. The South Tyrolean recently made headlines with his victory at the “Six Kings Slam”:
Including the entry fee of $1.5 million, he won a record sum of $7.5 million for three matches. And then claims that he didn’t compete for the money, but for the challenge against the best.
The finalist Carlos Alcaraz, who lost to him in Riyadh, however, admitted it: the enormous amount of prize money lured him to the exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia.
“I love playing tennis. Most of the time I don’t think about the money, but you have to be realistic. Saudi Arabia had the biggest prize money in history, which was a good motivation, at least for me.”
The all-time prize money ranking of tennis stars
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