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Top Prize Money Baggers Tennis 2022 Season

November 29, 2022 Nirmal Sawlani Spotlight

Top Prize Money Baggers Tennis 2022 Season

After a fantastic season on and off the court, some of the top names in tennis have made it to the elite list of prize money winners despite not playing all through.

Casper Ruud ($ 6.9m), Rafael Nadal ($ 7.4m), Carlos Alcaraz ($ 7.6m), Iga Swiatek ($ 9.8m) and Novak Djokovic ($ 9.9m) have made the top five along with other grand slam champions.

Why is Andy Murray donating his season earnings to UNICEF Aid?

July 31, 2022 Nirmal Sawlani Andy Murray Spotlight

Why is Andy Murray donating his season earnings to UNICEF Aid?

35-year-old Andy Murray proclaimed back in March that he would contribute the rest of his season earnings to Ukraine UNICEF Aid to support children suffering from the Russian invasion.

The 3-time Grand Slam champion opened up about his continued activism ahead of the Citi Open, a hard court tournament that is being held in August.

He wants to make sure that the world is still aware of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, which has been going on since mid-February Russian invasion.

“It’s not the focal point on the news every day like it was back then,” Murray said, via Ben Rothenberg of Racquet Magazine. “You can’t just overlook this. It’s still going on and that is the harsh reality. People are still losing their lives, children are still having to run away from their homes, and are in really, really heart-breaking situations. I think it’s imperative that the media continues to cover this stark reality, keep talking about it.”

After the February Russian invasion of Ukraine, tennis players and tournaments were more forthright about the crisis. Some even wore ribbons in support of Ukraine during Indian Wells tournaments almost 5 months back, for example. Murray felt like the moral backing from the tennis fraternity has lost the impact in recent months in comparison.

But, support for Ukraine is back to being the focal point at the Citi Open. On top of bequeathing his earnings this upcoming week, Citi Open also declared that they will match Murray’s earnings to additionally donate to Ukraine relief.

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The Big-4 of the Tennis world to represent Team Europe at the Laver Cup

July 24, 2022 Nirmal Sawlani Spotlight

The Big-4 of the Tennis world to represent Team Europe at the Laver Cup

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal will be playing at the upcoming Laver Cup to be held in London’s indoor hardcourts of the O2 arena.

Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray were all part of the Wimbledon Championships earlier this year, but Swiss maestro Roger Federer was not.

The last time that the ‘Big-4’ of the tennis world played together was way back in 2019 down under at the Australian Open.

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Roger Federer and his TEAM8 agency came up with the concept for Laver Cup, where a top team from Europe would compete against another star team from the rest of the world.

The tournament was inaugurated in 2017 with the with the introductory edition hosted in Prague. Chicago was the venue for the 2nd edition of the competition following which the event returned to Europe, with the historic Swiss city of Geneva hosting the event in 2019.

Boston hosted the Laver Cup in 2021 after a COVID-induced rescheduling the previous year. Team Europe has been skippered by Bjorn Borg while John McEnroe has commanded the World side in every edition of the competition thus far.

The tournament, which was called after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, has seen a similar outcome play out in all 4 of the erstwhile editions, with Team Europe dominant over Team World.

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