Saudi Arabia postpones exhibition tennis tournament after Houthi attacks

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The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority said that the exhibition Six Kings Slam tennis tournament has been postponed, after Yemen’s Houthis carried out several deadly attacks on the kingdom, Reuters reports.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev were all due to take part in the competition next week, alongside Taylor Fritz, Learner Tien and Alex de Minaur.

The event, originally scheduled for October 21-24 and to be streamed live by Netflix, will now take place from December 27-30.

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