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Daniil Medvedev kicked off his grass court campaign with a victory on Thursday even though he will be banned from taking part in the season's showpiece event at Wimbledon. The world number two moved past French veteran Gilles Simon 7-5, 6-4 in 's-Hertogenbosch to advance to the quarter-finals.
Wimbledon will offer a record total of 40.3 million pounds ($50.5 million US) in player compensation, but the singles champions will receive less than the pre-pandemic amount.
Olympic champion high jumper Maria Lasitskene on Thursday called on the head of the International Olympic Committee to lift the sanctions imposed against Russian athletes over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
LONDON: Wimbledon announced record prize money Thursday for this year’s edition of tennis’ oldest Grand Slam tournament, with the two singles champions taking home £2 million ($2.5 million) each. The total prize money of £40.35 million represents an 11.1 percent increase on last year’s Championships, where capacity at the southwest London venue was reduced for Covid reasons.
Wimbledon will dish out record prize money of 40.3 million pounds ($50.5 million) and host capacity crowds for the first time in three years at this year's tennis championships. The grass court grand slam event had its ranking points taken away by the men's ATP and women's WTA after it opted to exclude players from Russia and Belarus because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a 'special operation'.
Wimbledon has announced record prize money for this summer’s tournament, with the two singles champions taking home £2million each.
Wimbledon has been stripped of its ATP and WTA ranking points following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this summer's Championships.
Getafe president Angel Torres has told Spanish media that the club has been offered the chance within the last hour to sign Gareth Bale.