“I would be lying if I said I went without thinking about money.”
There has been a lot of excitement in the tennis world over the past few hours following Jannik Sinner assured that he did not travel to Saudi Arabia to dispute Six kings helmet days after winning the Shanghai Masters 1000 in monetary terms.
“I don’t play for moneyit’s very simple. Of course, 6 million is a big prize money, but I went to Riyadh because there were probably six of the best players in the world and you can compare yourself to them“, said the world number 1.
These words were transferred to Carlos Alcaraz at a press conference before his debut in Paris-Bercy.
The Murcian, unlike the Italian, assured that the biggest prize in the history of tennis became “motivation” for him.
“If I say I went there just for fun or to play and forget about the money, I would be lying. This is obvious, all people also work for this, this is life. “I love playing tennis and most of the time I don’t think about money, I play for love or pleasure,” he explained.
“But you have to be realistic, you have to think you want to win money, that’s all. Arabia handed out the biggest prize money in history, so It was good motivation, at least for me.“Added Alcaraz.
