BY TIM PARSONS
A Wimbledon Masters plan project is set to reward disabled players and fully able bodied tennis players like never before.
An announcement by the All players Wimbledon club to increase investment in its players is good news to all tennis players.
Tennis players participating at the 2016 Championships will receive £ 28.1m a £15m rise from their previous pay. The singles champions will each receive £2m, a rise from their previous pay of £1,6m
The first wheelchair singles events at Wimbledon separately promises a lower but reasonable payment of £25,000 each.Altogether, £200,000 will go out to talented wheelchair tennis players, all of whom demonstrate the incredible virtues of human potential every time they come out to compete.
Conditions are to be improved too under the higher investment scheme, with extra data provision, monitoring and analysis, and increased education and support for players and officials, and increased anti-doping measures.
The Wimbledon Master Plan project includes a new retractable roof, an extra 900 seats, a new public plaza in the place of Court 19 with fresh hospitality facilities.
The typical grass court season will also be enhanced this year with the introduction of a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Mallorca.
University of Mary Washington Tennis
