Wimbledon prize money increased April 24, 2012 ■ TENNIS: Wimbledon’s prize money is to be increased by 10 per cent to £16.1m this summer. Andy Murray, meanwhile, yesterday reached the Barcelona Open’s third round by defeating Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-2.
Wimbledon raise prize money April 19, 2011 TENNIS: The winners of this year’s Wimbledon tournaments will earn £1.1m in prize money, organisers have revealed. The figure is part of a total prize fund of £14.6m for the 2011 championships, an increase of 6.4 per cent on last year.
Phoenix to rise to the occasion July 4, 2008 Tomorrow’s Coral-Eclipse looks an ultra competitive contest with no superstar entries like in the last two seasons, but two horses who look the type to have a very good second half of the season. Phoenix Tower is definitely the form pick with a very good second at Royal Ascot to Duke of Marmalade, while Mount [...]