Andy Roddick ‘sick’ after Jannik Sinner earns ‘more than 25%’ of his career prize money in 3 days

Andy Roddick noted that Jannik Sinner has earned “over 25%” of his career money at the Six Kings Slam and suggested it makes him “sick.”

The American tennis great also said he had “no interest” in the Saudi Arabia tournament as he thought it looked “totally unnatural” and “weird.”

sinner received a staggering $6 million for winning the Six Kings Slam, the largest payday in tennis history.

The Italian star defeated Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals. Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the exhibition tournament.

The 23-year-old’s prize money for three matches in Riyadh is almost half of the $12,032,935 he has earned over 10 months of his outstanding 2024 season. The world number one has won seven ATP titles this year, including two Grand Slams.

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Roddick, a former world No. 1, earned $20,640,030 in prize money during a 12-year professional career from 2000 to 2012. He has won 32 ATP singles titles, including the 2003 US Open and five Masters 1000 Crown titles.

In one of the episodes Served with Andy Roddick On the podcast, Roddick criticized the Six Kings Slam while discussing the huge prize money on offer.

“Seriously, I never envy anyone for their choice,” the American said. “Listen, someone will pay you that amount of money and you’ll have to go do an awkward dance.

“It all looked completely unnatural. It just looked weird. I wasn’t interested in that.

“Even the case with Novak and Rafa (Nadal), I don’t know, it was okay, it was like an exhibition, but without the charm of the Laver Cup, where you see the interaction between players and legends coming back.

“For better or worse, we’re going to see more of these things, the huge budgets of these exos.

“It’s easier to pay Sinner $6 million if you’re not responsible for 122 other players in a given tournament, plus doubles, plus X, Y and Z.

“This is one court, not a million courts, this is not an expense, but a government marketing budget.”

Roddick sarcastically stated that the fact that Sinner earned more than a quarter of his career earnings from the event did not bother him.

“I’m definitely not sick of the fact that he (Sinner) made over 25% of my career prize money in three days of exhibition tennis,” he remarked.