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Publish date: 2024-06-21

Hello and welcome to another MARCA in English live blog, this time bringing you some tennis action from Saudi Arabia as Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic go head-to-head in an exhibition match which is part of the Riyadh Season Tennis Cup.

Whilst it is just an exhibition match, Alcaraz and Djokovic are the two highest-ranked male tennis players in the world right now and any battle between the duo is enjoyed by tennis fans around the world.

They faced each other four times on the ATP Tour in 2023. Djokovic knocked Alcaraz out of the French Open on his way to winning the tournament, before the thrilling Wimbledon final between the duo which went the way of the Spaniard.

Djokovic got some revenge at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, and then Djokovic won again at the ATP Finals to make it 3-2 to the Serbian in their overall head-to-head.

This exhibition is part of the Riyadh Season art, music, food, theatre, and sports festival.

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What time is Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic in Riyadh?

The five-set match is scheduled to get underway at 18:45 local time, which is 16:45 CET for those in most of Europe, and and 15:45 GMT in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

In the United States of America, Alcaraz vs Djokovic will start at 10:45 ET / 07:45 PT.

How to watch Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic?

DAZN are the exclusive rights holders for the Riyadh Season Tennis Cup and they will be showing the match across 200 different markets.

In the United Kingdom, the match is on DAZN 1 and the DAZN app/website, whilst the app is where you will find Alcaraz vs Djokovic in the US and Canada.

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