{"id":228281,"date":"2025-10-27T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/228281\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:19:11","slug":"ben-shelton-picks-the-six-wta-players-he-would-love-to-see-compete-in-a-six-queens-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/228281\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton picks the six WTA players he would love to see compete in a Six Queens Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2025 Six Kings Slam was the second edition of the exhibition tournament, held in Saudi Arabia, and it was another success. <\/p>\n

Only the biggest names in the men\u2019s game featured at the event, with Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Novak Djokovic<\/a> headlining. <\/p>\n

Fans received the final they wanted, as Sinner and Alcaraz faced off<\/a> for the title in Riyadh for the second year in a row. <\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

In straight sets, the Italian defeated his Spanish rival, claiming his first win over the world number one since the Wimbledon final, in a match that capped off a compelling tournament. <\/p>\n

As of now, Saudi Arabia does not host a \u2018Six Queens Slam\u2019<\/a>, which is something WTA<\/a> star Jessica Pegula<\/a> would be in favour of. <\/p>\n

If there was such an event, American player Ben Shelton<\/a> says he knows exactly who he would want to see compete in it. <\/p>\n

Ben Shelton picks his ideal \u2018Six Queens Slam\u2019 lineup <\/p>\n

In an interview with BB Tennis, Shelton was asked to pick the six women\u2019s players currently on the tour that he would pick to feature at the exhibition. <\/p>\n

The world number seven responded: \u201cFor Six Queen\u2019s? Coco [Gauff], [Aryna] Sabalenka, Iga [Swiatek], [Elena] Rybakina, [Mirra] Andreeva for sure, and I\u2019ll go Pegula.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each of Shelton\u2019s picks is ranked within the world\u2019s top ten, five of whom will be competing at the WTA Finals, which is also held in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n

Only Mirra Andreeva<\/a> missed out on qualification for the year-end event, with Elena Rybakina<\/a> securing the eighth and final spot recently to deny her a maiden appearance. <\/p>\n

\"AnPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The WTA Finals, which is set to begin on the first of November, is one of the few tour-level events held in Saudi Arabia, alongside the Next Gen ATP Finals, with the Gulf state expanding its influence in recent years. <\/p>\n

It was recently revealed by the ATP that Saudi Arabia will host a brand new Masters tournament<\/a> from 2028 onwards.<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton picks his all-time ATP Six Kings Slam tournament<\/p>\n

Shelton then picked an all-time Six Kings Slam lineup, explaining: \u201cIn history, at a Six Kings Slam you would obviously have the big three, Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal] and Novak [Djokovic].<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably Bjorn Borg, and let\u2019s put Arthur Ashe in there. Obviously, it is tough to compare across different generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on the surface as well, but in terms of who I would choose, it would be the American, Pete Sampras.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Djokovic competed in the 2024 edition of the Six Kings Slam, with the Serb beating his longtime rival in the third place match. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The 2025 Six Kings Slam was the second edition of the exhibition tournament,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1308,9475,67043,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-228281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-ben-shelton","tag-six-kings-slam","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}