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The three tenors of world tennis: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, will help their colleagues outside the top 100 in the world ranking.
Tennis tournaments around the world were canceled in early March, and the sport will not be played until at least mid-July. However, this is not entirely certain, and many experts fear that there will be no tournaments at the end of the season.
Of the whole situation, the most affected players will be the low-ranking tennis players who will be left without any income. Unlike the sports elite, they don’t have millions in their bank accounts, many of which may be forced to end their careers.
That is why the big three sports have started a fund to support their colleagues.
The goal is to raise $ 4 million and each player in the top 100 of the rankings will donate money. The amount raised will be distributed to players outside the Top 100, helping them to “survive” during the pandemic and the total lack of tournaments.
The letter is on behalf of Novak Djokovic, president of the ATP Players Council. He claims that Nadal and Federer are behind the idea, with an outline of how the money will be raised.
The world’s top 5 will donate $ 30,000 each. The next 5 will donate $ 20,000 each.
Players 10-20, including Grigor Dimitrov, will donate 15,000 each, up to 50 will donate 10,000 each, and players in the bottom half of the top 100 will spend $ 5,000 each. the cause
It will also include the top 20 in the matchmaking.
A proposal was also sent to the organizers of each Grand Slam tournament to donate half a million to the cause.
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