Australian Open increases prize money for the opening round losers by 30 percent – Tennis News
Australian Open’s Tournament Director Craig Tiley has increased the prize money for opening round losers by 30 percent.
Next Year’s edition of the year’s first Grand Slam Championship will give away $27,000 to the first round losers. It means the overall increase in the prize money for the opening round quitter has been increased by almost 30 percent compared to this year’s
edition of the tournament.
It will definitely be a major factor in relieving the underdogs who leave the Rod Laver Arena at the first stage. There were discussions and a possible protest/boycott from the first round losers who wanted an increase in the payout. The overall $30 million
prize money pool is almost established for the Australian open 2013 and just a final signature is required on the official document.
This year, the first round losers of the Australian Open received the lowest amount of prize money of $20,800 compared to the other three Grand Slam tournaments. The French Open officials gave away $22,163 to the opening round losers whilst the Wimbledon
and US Open organizers distributed $ 22,168 and $21,954 respectively.
Players who are unlikely to appear in the next year edition of the tournament includes the likes of Anastasia Rodionova of Australia, Sacha Jones of New Zealand and Jelena Dokic who hasn’t been seen ever since her wrist surgery that took place in the first
month of 2012. All these players are suffering from several injuries and can’t take part in the Australian Open playoffs that will begin on Tuesday.
Nick Kyrgios who is the fourth ranked junior in the world is the first player to win the playoffs for the Australian Open. At the end of the final contest, he stated, “Obviously I'm not feeling 100 per cent, but I knew if I played my game right, served well,
I knew I was going to get my opportunities on his serve, and that's what I did.”
The tournament will begin on January 14, 2013 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
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