Carlos Alcaraz will headline a brand new “One Level Slam” at this yr’s Australian Open, organisers introduced on Tuesday, which can see 10 amateurs go head-to-head with 22 professionals.
A complete of AUS$1 million ($700k) can be up for grabs for the general winner — barely lower than semifinalists within the males’s and girls’s fundamental draw will obtain.
The occasion, which can happen on the opening weekend of the season-opening slam, follows the U.S. Open’s try and deliver new eyeballs to tennis by increasing its blended doubles competitors.
The “One Level Slam” will do precisely because it says: Every match will include a single level. A pre-match sport of ‘rock, paper, scissors’ will resolve who serves.
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“I can reveal in the present day that World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz will headline the professional participant line-up within the Million Greenback 1 Level Slam — an exhilarating new initiative the place one level might win you $1 million,” Australian Open match director Craig Tiley mentioned.
“Whether or not you are an novice or a professional, the last word winner will stroll away with the prize. Entries will open quickly at golf equipment throughout the nation, and through Opening Week, finalists will compete for an opportunity to face the professionals on Rod Laver Enviornment.
“With extra large names to be introduced quickly, you now have 1,000,000 causes to select up a racquet and prepare for January.”
