Andy Murray comments speak volumes about controversial Saudi tournament Six Kings Slam

Tennis stars are guaranteed £1.15million conscionable for turning up successful Riyadh, with the victor acceptable to rake successful treble the magnitude that is awarded to the victor of Wimbledon - with Andy Murray mocking the tourney online

Andy Murray called the arguable Six Kings Slam "an accumulation cipher cares about" past month, aft the lucrative Saudi Arabian lawsuit got underway this week.

The tourney started connected Wednesday, offering the biggest prize purse successful tennis past with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcaraz among the names taking part.

Players are guaranteed £1.15million conscionable for turning up successful Riyadh, with the victor acceptable to rake £4.6million - treble the magnitude that is awarded to the victor of Wimbledon - with the retiring Nadal perchance needing to triumph lone 2 matches to assertion the prize after being fixed a bye to the semi-finals.

The opening matches of the Six Kings Slam saw Sinner decision Medvedev successful consecutive sets earlier Carlos Alcaraz besides secured a 6-4, 6-2 triumph implicit Holger Rune.

Murray made his feelings wide connected the tourney a fewer weeks agone aft teasing his erstwhile British rival Liam Broady - who had talked up the tourney pursuing an epic trailer promoting it.

Broady wrote successful a station connected Twitter: "Speechless arsenic to however damn chill this promo is. Probably champion I’ve ever seen successful tennis. Would ticker this movie. 10/10."

Murray past responded: "Except it’s not a movie and you won’t ticker it due to the fact that it’s an accumulation tennis lawsuit that cipher cares about."

Murray and Broady person been progressive successful humorous backmost and forths successful the past - including 1 implicit societal media successful July erstwhile the second complained implicit attraction of players astatine the Atlanta Open.

Broady wrote: "'First lucifer astatine 10am contiguous truthful person to lukewarm up astatine 8:30," helium wrote. "Breakfast doesn't unfastened till 9am? Walked into subordinate country and we've got… bagels. Really bully for a precocious modular of tennis and tennis tourney successful Atlanta."

Murray replied: "Hope you are ok, mate. That sounds terrible. Surprised you hadn't checked the meal concern up of clip similar astir professionals would person done."

The legendary British subordinate - who won 2 Grand Slams successful his vocation - announced his determination to discontinue from tennis aft competing successful the Paris Olympics successful August.