Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 participation in the upcoming Six Kings Slam is reportedly \u201cuncertain\u201d after he underwent hernia surgery on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Greek was himself a late replacement after Jack Draper withdrew from injury but now the substitute is also in doubt, with local publication Tennis24<\/a> saying he had surgery which could keep him out for up to six weeks.<\/p>\n The Greek website reports that Tsitsipas \u201cunderwent lower back surgery to address the problem that had been troubling him recently,\u201d one which \u201cwas causing him severe pain and difficulties in matches and training.\u201d<\/p>\n Tsitsipas recently pulled out of the China Open, which made his appearance at the Saudi Arabian exhibition tournament a surprise, although Tennis24 suggests he is not certain to miss it.<\/p>\n The surgery has a recovery time of two to six weeks, with the tournament set to begin on October 15. The report suggested his presence was \u201cuncertain\u201d but \u201cit is not out of the question that the 27-year-old ace will make his comeback at this major event.\u201d<\/p>\n The non-ATP sanctioned event has enticed the world\u2019s best players, all with the promise of a guaranteed $1.5m just for taking part. The winner receives $4.5m, meaning the likes of Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner could earn a significant prize pot for a relatively small number of matches.<\/p>\n MORE NEWS ON T365<\/strong><\/p>\n Why \u2018faster\u2019 Jannik Sinner is \u2018the biggest example\u2019 of key change from Nadal, Federer and Djokovic era<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Roger Federer names which two tennis legends helped save the Laver Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Last year, Sinner won \u00a34.8 million for playing just three matches as he defeated Alcaraz in the final. Those two, alongside Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz, will take part in the 2025 edition set to run from October 15 to 18. Should Tsitsipas be forced to withdraw, it remains to be seen who the tournament organisers plan to replace him with.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, US streaming giant Netflix announced they had acquired the rights to the tournament<\/a>, offering \u2018unparalleled access with over 20 cutting-edge cameras.\u2019<\/p>\n The tournament, though, has been criticised by many voices who point to Saudi Arabia\u2019s human rights record, in particular surrounding gender inequality, while Andy Murray has been one of the few players to have negative comments about it.<\/p>\n Following a trailer that teased last year\u2019s tournament with the players dressed up in costumes, Murray responded to fellow player Liam Broady\u2019s claim that he \u201cwould watch this movie. 10\/10\u201d by saying: \u201cExcept it\u2019s not a movie and you won\u2019t watch it because it\u2019s an exhibition tennis event that nobody cares about.\u201d<\/p>\n Read next: Carlos Alcaraz set to destroy Novak Djokovic record in predicted $300m career prize money total<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post 6 Kings Slam player \u2018out for up to six weeks\u2019 and could miss tournament after surgery<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 participation in the upcoming Six Kings Slam is reportedly \u201cuncertain\u201d after he underwent hernia surgery on Thursday. The Greek was himself a late replacement after Jack Draper withdrew from injury but now the substitute is also in doubt, with local publication Tennis24 saying he had surgery which could keep him out for up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}