{"id":941718,"date":"2026-10-26T16:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941718\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:34:13","slug":"sinner-intends-to-play-six-kings-slam-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941718\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner Intends to Play Six Kings Slam in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Daily Fuzz<\/p>\n<p class=\"tn-article-dek\">The Italian is apparently feeling optimistic about his ability to return to the court in late December. <\/p>\n<p>Chris OddoOctober 26, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n<p>        Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>        1\u00d7<br \/>\n        \u2715<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tn-article-hero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sinner-Face-RobNewell-CameraSport.jpg\" alt=\"Sinner Intends to Play Six Kings Slam in December\"\/>      <\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner\u2019s injured knee is apparently feeling better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The five-time major champion \u2013 out since Wimbledon with a right knee injury \u2013 will make his comeback from a long layoff at the end of December at the Six Kings Slam event in Riyadh according to reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793032452_32_Pro-Player-Gear-610X150-03.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54451\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinner himself posted an advert for the upcoming event on his Instagram stories, indicating his commitment, and the news has been reported by several outlets in Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His return to the lineup likely means that his original late replacement Learner Tien will be removed from the December competition. Tien was announced as Sinner\u2019s replacement when the event was slated to be held in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Jannik Sinner will return to tennis at the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh on December 27th \ud83c\udfbe<\/p>\n<p>The world No. 1 has been absent from the tour since his Wimbledon triumph in July. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BgfpBogQhI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BgfpBogQhI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TNT Sports (@tntsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tntsports\/status\/2114724775599747268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Six Kings Slams will precede the bulk of the Australian Swing, and will be played from December 27-30. It was postponed by several months due to conflict in the region, which boiled over earlier this month as the Riyadh Airport was under attack by Houthi Rebels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinner cut his season short after going 44-3 overall, with six titles. He won five consecutive Masters 1000 titles in the spring \u2013 at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome. That took his record run to six consecutive Masters titles, dating back to his 2025 Paris Masters crown, which set the record for the most consecutive Masters titles won since the series inception in 1990.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His 34 consecutive Masters 1000 victories \u2013 a streak still active \u2013 is the longest all-time as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Express \u2022 Pro Player Gear \u2022 Shop what the pros play with<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisexpress.com\/collections\/pro-player-gear?utm_source=tennisnow&amp;utm_medium=article-banner&amp;utm_campaign=pro-player-gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\" data-tnc-partner=\"tennis-express\" data-tnc-placement=\"article-banner\"><img class=\"tnc-ad-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793032453_931_tennis-express-pro-player-gear.jpg\" alt=\"Tennis Express \u2022 Pro Player Gear \u2022 Shop what the pros play with\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz The Italian is apparently feeling optimistic about his ability to return to the court in late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-941718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}