On top of his flashy gift, Nadal also banked £1.15m just for turning up and competing in the event. Djokovic, Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune also took home the same amount while Jannik Sinner received £4.6m for winning the inaugural Six Kings Slam.

Rafael Nadal has just played his penultimate professional tennis event, even though it was only an exhibition. The former world number 1 - who did not play at the Paris Olympics this summer - was one of the stars of the ' Six Kings Slam ' in Saudi Arabia last week.

Djokovic and Nadal had faced each other 60 times on the ATP Tour before the Oct 19 exhibition match. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Rafael Nadal has addressed talks of “sportswashing” in Saudi Arabia after taking home £1.15million for playing two exhibition matches in Riyadh. The Spaniard was part of last week’s Six Kings Slam - a lucrative exhibition tournament which also saw Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune compete for the title.

After a glittering tennis career, all-time icon Rafael Nadal has announced his intention to hang up his racket following a final appearance at the Davis Cup.