{"id":234698,"date":"2025-10-18T20:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/234698\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:12:08","slug":"john-isner-and-jack-sock-disagree-over-one-player-when-picking-their-dream-six-kings-slam-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/234698\/","title":{"rendered":"John Isner and Jack Sock disagree over one player when picking their dream Six Kings Slam lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Six Kings Slam has returned to Riyadh this week, with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz ensuring a repeat of last year\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

Sinner beat Alcaraz in the final of the 2024 Six Kings Slam<\/a>, earning himself the trophy and $6million in prize money.<\/p>\n

They met in three of the four Grand Slam finals this season, two of which were won by the Spaniard, while the Italian beat Alexander Zverev in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The pair have now reached another final, with Sinner having beaten Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Alcaraz having overcome Taylor Fritz to set up their rematch in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the tournament, which is not affiliated with the ATP Tour, Fritz knocked out Alexander Zverev and Sinner defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesJohn Isner and Jack Sock pick their dream Six Kings Slam lineup<\/p>\n

The Six Kings Slam has now been discussed on the Nothing Major Show, where former players John Isner<\/a> and Jack Sock<\/a> picked their dream lineup for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Sock said: \u201cI had Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal]. I\u2019m going to put Novak in there as well. Then I had [Pete] Sampras and Andre [Agassi].<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then rounding it out with the human highlight reel of Alcaraz as well. You need the entertainment value plus some rivalries, and then the greats.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Isner commented: \u201cI\u2019m throwing Sampras in there. Roger, Rafa, Novak, Pete, Alcaraz, give me Jimmy Connors. 109 titles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson name their ultimate Six Kings Slam field<\/p>\n

Also sharing their ideal fields at the tournament were former professionals Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson, with two players earning byes into the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Querrey said: \u201cMy seeds are Federer one seed, Nadal two seed. And then I\u2019m rounding those guys out with Novak Djokovic, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s my field of six, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going with. You\u2019ve got to put a young Carlos in there. Mac, Andre, who doesn\u2019t want to watch them?<\/p>\n

\u201cFed, Nadal, just the classic, maybe the best rivalry the game\u2019s ever seen. So that\u2019s my six if I can do any players of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Jannik Sinner messages Novak Djokovic on Instagram hours after beating him at the Six Kings Slam<\/a><\/p>\n

And Johnson noted: \u201cI\u2019m going to go with just three rivalries I\u2019d like to see again. I want to go with Rafa and Roger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I\u2019d like to go with [Bjorn] Borg, McEnroe. And then I\u2019d like to go Agassi, Sampras. Three iconic rivalries all in one tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I\u2019d probably give Roger and Rafa the byes, because I likely see them clipping the other two guys in the semis to then play a final.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019d like to see Agassi vs Sampras play a first round to play Rafa, and then Borg vs McEnroe to play Rog and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which WTA players would make a potential female Six Kings Slam equivalent?<\/p>\n

The Six Kings Slam currently involves only male players, but it would be intriguing to see which WTA players would get the call-up to a potential event.<\/p>\n

Star sisters Serena Williams and Venus Williams would likely need to be involved, along with their fellow legends Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Chris Evert.<\/p>\n

But the likes of Martina Hingis and Billie Jean King would arguably also like a call-up, while current stars Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek could be angered if they missed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The Six Kings Slam has returned to Riyadh this week, with Jannik Sinner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[2569,11591,126652,99,428],"class_list":["post-234698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-jack-sock","tag-john-isner","tag-six-kings-slam","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}