Andy Murray has poked fun at Liam Broady over the latter’s involvement in the ongoing Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia. Broady is one of the analysts/commentators for the high-profile exhibition tournament, and has previously engaged in banter with Murray over his excitement about the event that features the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune.
The 2024 Six Kings Slam, organized by Riyadh Season, is the inaugural edition of the exhibition tournament. It has particularly caused a stir in the tennis world because of the lucrative prize money of $6,000,000 for the participating players. No other tournament in the history of the sport has offered such extravagant prize money, not even the prestigious Grand Slams.
Djokovic and Nadal were granted straight passage to the semifinals, while Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev and Rune kicked things off in the quarterfinals. Following the quarterfinal results, Djokovic is set to face Sinner in one of the semifinals while Nadal is slated to lock horns against Alcaraz in the other one.
In the buildup to the Six Kings Slam, a grand promotional video was released, showcasing the participating players as warrior-like figures. Liam Broady was highly appreciative of the video but his legendary compatriot Andy Murray was less than impressed, and opined that there would be very few takers of the event because at the end of the day, it is an exhibition tournament.Recently, it came to light that Broady had been roped in by the event as one of its English-speaking analysts/commentators. As soon as Murray noticed this, he took to X (formerly Twitter) and suggested that he can finally understand why Broady was so appreciative of the promotional video.
Ahhhh now it makes sense @Liambroady,” Murray wrote, followed by four dollar bundle emojis.
Earlier this year, Murray had laid bare his concern over a deal that was struck between the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
