All six participants — Nadal, Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune — will be paid a guaranteed $1.5 million each for their appearance in the exhibition tournament. Whoever ends up on the champion’s throne will see his earnings further increase, with the winner set to receive a whopping $6 million.

Novak Djokovic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the Shanghai Masters final, but he looked lost after Rafael Nadal's retirement post. The Big Four era has lost three men.