RIYADH: Nick Kyrgios and Taylor Fritz will be among the competitors when the Diriyah Tennis Cup gets underway in the Saudi capital Riyadh next month, organizers announced on Monday. They will join 10 other international players at the three-day tournament, which begins on Dec. 8 and has a total prize pot of $3 million. “I look forward to getting to know the Kingdom and
Dominic Thiem and Gael Monfils have been announced as the latest players to play at an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia. The duo will join Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev to play at the Diriyah Tennis Cup from December 8-10 this year.
RIYADH: Al-Nassr are to face Spain’s Almeria in a friendly match on Dec. 9, the Riyadh club announced on Twitter. The news was also tweeted by Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, and on the Spanish club’s Arabic language Twitter account.
Alexander Zverev has come under fire after he signed up for the state-sponsored Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia as he has been accused of "allowing himself to be used as a puppet by the oil sheikhs".