Carlos Alcaraz: I’d Be Lying If I Said The Money Didn’t Matter At The Six Kings Slam

About The Six Kings Human Rights Violations Sportswashing Slam Cup in Riyad: where are the critical tennis journalists? Why let Sinner get away with “I don’t play for money. It was a nice event, the first time I went to Riyad” and Alcaraz (less hypocritical) with “in Arabia is the most highest prize money ever in the history- by the way:Sinner got 7,5 million dollars for 2 matches including showing up money -, so that was a good motivation at least for me”.
Sinner and Alcaraz are still young, but not too young to know and understand that they were bought and bribed by a despicable medieval and autocratic regime to show up in a rather disgusting sportswashing event. One that suits a range of similar attempts to glorify this villain state by bribing with huge amounts (a billions dollars program) famous western top athletes, artists and corrupt directors of sports associations. And hosting glittering events. Like Amnesty International has been reporting for many years, all to divert attention from the horrific continuing violations of all sorts of basic human rights there. And to make the world believe that Saudi Arabia is nowadays a modern country with respectable norms and values.
I call on all tennis journalists to ask especially Sinner and Alcaraz the right and relevant critical questions about the foregoing in the next press conferences. To start with the ATP final in Turin. And to promote that this dubious Saudian event – provided that it will be organized again in the next future – will be designated by the free press as mentioned in the the beginning of this comment

October 29th, 2024 at 7:28 am

Justus makes an excellent point about the ongoing sports-washing efforts by Saudi Arabia. And the tennis timorous journalists asking softball questions.

The athletes, yes, the top names earn unbelievable amounts of money, often from dubious sources. but I don’t see players abstaining from the recurring money grabs throughout the year. Sinner’s comment that he does not do these events for the money sounds hollow.

Perhaps figure out a more equitable distribution of the wealth chasing the sport? Sounds naive, I know, it’s the top stars that attract the attention (and money).

October 29th, 2024 at 10:17 am

I was kind of hoping that one of these young guys would go there, win a pile of cash, and then turn around and donate it to a cause that would ruffle some Saudi feathers (you know, like women’s/girl’s education or something like that). Alas…

October 29th, 2024 at 1:12 pm

Oh come on they are all doing it for the money, if they say any different then they are lying through their back teeth, let’s not kid ourselves otherwise

October 29th, 2024 at 1:54 pm

“Sinner’s comment that he does not do these events for the money sounds hollow.”

Not the first Sinner hollow comment, his explanation (and arrogance) of how he tested positive is even more hollow..but again, money talks.
This is coming from his former fan.

October 29th, 2024 at 6:34 pm

Rafa has legit excuse, as official Saudi Ambassador he has an obligation to participate.

I wouldn’t mind if Nole gave it a miss.

October 29th, 2024 at 6:46 pm

Justus is just using the typical demonization of other countries especially noticeable in American leaders, on Saudi Arabia..It is usually a prelude to the US starting another war to get the shekels for other peoples suffering in US fomented wars.
Demonization is bigoted and unacceptable.

Saudi Arabia is now in the hands of a reforming Crown Prince and a population that knows the modern world from travels and study and know that they want that modern world brought to KSA but not aspects of the East and West harmful to Saudi culture. They want visibility, they want infidel tourists now!! And these sports events giving them global attention and putting their people’s best face forward – and they can do with chump change!

October 30th, 2024 at 8:06 pm

Wogboy – Novak seemed to have a very good time and praised his hosts on Instagram. And ran photos of himself meeting Saudi teens at a large market, photobombing a fast food restaurant, posing by some unique architecture buildings many centuries old, and playing Lawrence of Arabia out in the desert by a salt pond, in Saudi attire.

I suspect at some point, Novak will return with family, as an honored guest. When retired, or another 1 or two Six Kings tournaments. We are talking a 1.5 million appearance fee to show. Plus Djokovic as you know, likes schmooze with to promote investment by those with ample government or private money to invest, in Serbia.

October 30th, 2024 at 8:25 pm

It’s all about the money. If they it’s not about the mine….. liar liar pants on 🔥!! Agree, Alison, 110%!!

October 30th, 2024 at 10:57 pm

Eeek…. I did not proof once again!! Should have said, if they say it’s not about the money……

October 30th, 2024 at 11:02 pm

Well, CF1, “nobody is perfect”, the quote from “Some Like It Hot”😉:

https://youtu.be/-mHhr-aaLnI?si=eBcLNBenb3fZWZoY

October 30th, 2024 at 11:06 pm

That was the slam down killer line at the end of that old classic movie of 65-70 years ago that made the careers of 5 or so actors made “stars” from this.
How freaking old are you? Or are you just an old soul the loves the classic best stuff?
And who, BTW, are you putting down to “nobody is perfect”? Rafa snuggling up to a sheikh wearing a blonde wig? Or Djokovic in the desert snuggling up to a tree in a Saudi wadi and chewing on tasty, nutritious gluten free resin extruding from the tree’s bark??

October 31st, 2024 at 2:25 am

Wogboy that’s my favourite ever film I watch it every Christmas many thanks for sharing, I love that film 🤗🎄

October 31st, 2024 at 3:39 am

https://youtu.be/HxXMPGRkvAU?si=en8nN6aJOiVIfxan show me the money scene Jerry Maguire

October 31st, 2024 at 3:45 am

CF1,

Not that old, but keep in mind that western movies start arriving in former Yugoslavia in the ‘60s, my mother loved going to cinema my father not so. He went once with my mother after his work and after he stopped with his mates for a few drinks on the way home. “Ivanhoe” was huge happening in those days, after 10 minutes of watching my father went to bathroom and never returned, as the movie finished and people were walking out my mother noticed that everyone is looking at the last row of the seats and giggles, sure enough, it was my father laying across the the seats fast asleep, my mother was so embarrassed and upset that she walked out pretending she has nothing to do with that young man.

Since then, since it was inappropriate for married woman to go alone to cinema she was dragging me all the time…as a protection😉

November 1st, 2024 at 6:50 pm

Good story WB. I am sure you have many, as you moved around after living in a socially conservative land back when that was a bad word and the belief was Western Culture was the best. When we were not groveling in Marxist guilt over centuries old racial matters and colonial “oppressions”.
Now the decline in the West is noticable and the fascism of the Left emerging on censorship, making certain thoughts or expressing them illegal, and authoritarian mandates from State or Federal authorities abusing their executive ppowers.
And perhaps the tumultuous times you saw in Serbia make you better prepared in a way if things go shitty in the West on a level few Westerners can comprehend. Americans panic if they can’t get their avocados, if their internet provider goes down.

Send you an OT follow-up, because I did a double major between engineering and history, and I like a lot of old stuff.
Old WW1 history compilation of stories by the survivors of the battles, all from the same British regiment with maps and data and aerial photos added. 4 volumes and I’m finishing #2 after 9 months of off and on. And now watching a MIT documentary of the engineers at Honeywell building the computer and astronavigation equipment needed to do ultraexact mission rocket corrections to do trajectory and account for lunar gravitons, and the 134,000 commands and monitoring to run and ensure equipment was within parameters. The thing had less processing power than a 1970s pocket calculator, but was total brilliance.
I’ll cut this off and link two vids off Youtube. Sean seems to allow only one per post. For your enjoyment and others….

November 2nd, 2024 at 10:45 pm

Sometimes even a song opens up a world you never expected when you look deeper.
“Fireball XL5”. I followed the great song and found a crazy world of “Supermarionette” puppets patrolling the Universe. It’s like a sort of Jetsons, great ideas with things that we now see as obviously hokey, but people 60 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8C8pyuOO5U&list=TLPQMDIxMTIwMjRk5Oe-_HoO3Q&index=5

The song is killer! The singer is Australian Don Spencer, who was doing backup vocals for The Stones&MaryAnne Faithful at the time. He then got into producing and performing children’s music and education. His shows ran 20 years in Australia and the UK.
Funny, he got his gold and platinum albums from sales of kids music and vids..not his pop music years. Though “Fireball” charted in the Top 30 in the UK.

November 2nd, 2024 at 10:57 pm

MIT, Raytheon, Honeywell scientists and techs building the “brains” of the Saturn 5, Command Module, the LEM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvmFlg1WmE

November 2nd, 2024 at 11:07 pm

CF1,
Congratulations on old/new President👏

Whatever they think about President Trump you can’t but admire him for what he achieved after all what he has to endure in the last 4 years.

The clear and convincing winner, buy popular vote and electorate.

November 6th, 2024 at 4:42 am

^^^^^Looks like a bloodbath to me, deservedly so, not even Taylor Swift could help Kamala and the other losers 👊

November 6th, 2024 at 5:01 am

A bit late to the party!

What an Year!

Nole won finaly the Gold Medal this Year but I have to say, Trump’s victory made me even happier. I am really sure he will fix some thibgs for the entire world, not only for America. He is a smart guy!

I really do not even want to think about, how things would have been, had the Neocons won another election!

Well done, America! Good choice!

November 10th, 2024 at 4:28 am

“Neocons” 👍

November 11th, 2024 at 1:15 am

Interesting and this in London, not USA:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Gb8pTEPPpPM?si=cvnAhafoiKDL-Db9

November 11th, 2024 at 4:38 pm