Six Kings Slam, when Jannik Sinner plays: background with Novak Djokovic

This evening Jannik Sinner, after narrowly beating Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, will play, no earlier than 8 p.m. Italian time, the second semifinal of the Six Kings Slam on concrete against former tennis king Novak Djokovic.

The match between the world No. 2 and the Serb currently No. 5 will be played after the first semifinal between Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1, and the U.S.’s Taylor Fritz, No. 4, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Italian time.

There are ten “official” precedents between Sinner and Djokovic, and the Sesto Pusteria outfielder has won six of them, plus he has won the last five matches with Nole, two of them this year, 6-4 7-5 7-6 in the Roland Garros semifinal and 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the Wimbledon semifinal.

But there is one precedent that is not counted by the ATP, since the Six Kings Slam is “only” a very rich exhibition tournament that does not give world ranking points, and it goes back to last year’s edition: again in the semifinals, it was Sinner who prevailed 6-2 6-7 6-4.