Six Kings Slam final: Novak Djokovic claims final win over Rafael Nadal as Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz

Whether helium volition play singles determination remains to beryllium seen, truthful this 6-2 7-6 (5) decision whitethorn person been a last hurrah for the 38-year-old.

There were immoderate vintage Nadal moments, including respective crowd-pleasing forehands down the line, and the Spaniard had a large grin connected his look astatine the end.

Speaking connected tribunal to Djokovic, helium said: "It has been an astonishing rivalry. In a idiosyncratic mode I person to accidental that you helped maine to spell implicit my limits during astir 15 years. So convey you for that due to the fact that without that astir apt I volition not beryllium the subordinate that I americium today.

"It has been a imagination travel existent to beryllium capable to play for astir 20 years being competitory and having the accidental to play successful the champion places successful the world."

Djokovic said: "I person the utmost respect for you: unthinkable athlete, unthinkable person.

"The rivalry has been unthinkable and has been precise intense, truthful I anticipation that we'll person a accidental to possibly beryllium connected the formation determination and possibly person a small portion and bespeak connected life, talking astir thing else.

"I volition decorativeness with 1 large convey you, from not conscionable me, but each of the tennis satellite for what you person done. You near an unthinkable bequest and we truly admit it.

"Don't permission tennis man, enactment a small spot longer, enactment with us."

In the final, Jannik Sinner bushed Carlos Alcaraz 6-7 6-3 6-3 to assertion the lucrative prize money, believed to beryllium worthy astir £4.5m.