On January 10th in Seoul the Italian and the Spaniard will compete in an exhibition with a millionaire prize pool. Then, before the Australian Open, another 500,000 euros at stake at the One Shot Slam
White flowers for him. Having landed in Korea, where on Saturday in Seoul he will make his seasonal debut in the exhibition against Alcaraz before flying to Melbourne to defend his double title at the Australian Open, Sinner was welcomed like an emperor. And so, a cheering crowd at the gate hunting for selfies and autographs and the order pack. After acclimatization, appointment at eight in the morning the day after tomorrow, when Jannik and Carlitos will find themselves facing each other 55 days after the epilogue of the ATP Finals with the success of the Red Fox in two sets.
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It will be a duel without the pathos of competitiveness – even if defining any confrontation on the court between the two dioscuri of today’s tennis as friendly does not do justice to their desire to always outdo each other – but it will be vivisected by both with great attention. Meanwhile, precisely due to the value of the opponent and the spice of the rivalry, the technical indications will give a first answer on the quality of the winter work one week before the start (18 January) of the first Slam of the season. And then, there is no doubt, the curiosity of Alcaraz’s first outing without his mentor Ferrero after the sudden and noisy separation last month will hover over the match: how will the world number one react to the new course which no longer includes at his side the man capable of accompanying him triumphantly on the path from child to champion? While waiting for the future to unravel the issues on the table, both Jannik and Carlos could still guarantee themselves a January as multi-millionaires, confirming themselves once again as the absolute kings of money on the circuit, at least in the last three seasons. Meanwhile, according to unconfirmed but very reliable rumours, for the Korean exhibition (for which the last available tickets have risen to over three thousand euros) the salary would be around two million euros for each, certainly far from the 5 and a half million that Sinner had guaranteed himself in October with the victory of the Six Kings Slam in Arabia again against his arch-rival but still a figure worthy of a Slam tournament. Suffice it to say that whoever lifts the Australian Open trophy will pocket 2,400,000 euros, 300,000 more than a year ago, because the inaugural Major in 2026 also followed the now unstoppable growth trend, increasing the prize money by 16% compared to the last edition. Therefore, the calculations are quickly done: within three weeks, if one of the two were to impose themselves in Australia (the final is scheduled for February 1st), they would increase their bank account by more than four million.
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And it doesn’t end here: in the interlude between Seoul and Melbourne, on January 14th both will play the One Shot Slam, one of the events included in the program leading up to the Open, in which each match will be decided on a single point, the first: the winner (32-man draw) will receive 570,000 euros. In short, potentially a January (with the offshoot of the first day of February) of five million euros, another possible vein of gold for the couple which is already worth a mine of precious stones: in 2025 the counting of all the income items leads to 66 million for Sinner and 64 for Alcaraz. There Sincaraztherefore, is a company that turns over around 130 million a year. Gross domestic product of talent.
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