India, Oct. 16 -- The second edition of the Six Kings Slam began in Riyadh with a pair of quarterfinal matchups, with six players gunning for a record prize money as this exhibition event continues to hold the potential for a windfall for the best men's tennis players in the world. American star Taylor Fritz got things going by brushing past Germany's Alexander Zverev, taking only 59 minutes to dispatch his opponent 6-3 6-4.

Fritz has held the advantage over Zverev in the recent past, having won each of their last six meetings at the tour level. In this exhibition, Fritz might just have started out as favourite thanks to that record, and ensured he lived up to it in this event streamed on Netflix worldwide. His straight-sets victory take...