Wimbledon 2023: Money will rain in Wimbledon, prize money of 465 crores

Wimbledon 2023: Money will rain in Wimbledon, prize money of 465 crores

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London: The prize money for the Wimbledon tournament to be held this year has been increased by a total of 11 percent. In singles, each winner will be given about 2.3 million pounds ($ 3 million). The total prize money of Wimbledon will be four crore 47 lakh pounds (five crore 65 lakh dollars), which is about 465 crore rupees in Indian currency. The All England Club announced this on Wednesday. This is 17.1 percent more than in 2019. The prize money for the singles winner has become the same as in 2019. In the year 2021, it had fallen to 1.7 million pounds. Whereas in 2020 the tournament was canceled due to the Corona pandemic and last year the prize was $2 million. The first round loser will get $69,500, up 10 percent from last year.

Kyrgios lost on return

Returning after knee surgery, Nick Kyrgios faced defeat against China’s Wu Yibing in the first round of the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament. Kyrgios, a Wimbledon 2022 finalist, looked completely out of touch during his first encounter of the year, going down 7-5, 6-3 to Yibing in straight sets. Kyrgios, a two-time semifinalist in Stuttgart, was playing for the first time since Tokyo in October.

Haddad lost in the first round

At the same time, defending champion Beatriz Haddad Maia was knocked out in the first round of Women’s Singles of Nottingham Open tennis tournament. Second seed Beatriz Haddad of Brazil, who reached the semi-finals of the French Open last week, suffered a straight sets 6-4, 6-3 defeat against Daria Snigur in the first round. Daria got a chance to play when Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko pulled out before the match due to injury.

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