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Tennis's top eight raise over £36,000 for charity

Tennis's elite raise thousands for charity
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The top eight tennis players who competed in the ATP World Tour Finals have raised over £30,000 for charity.

The top eight in the world of men's tennis raised £36,382 for a number of charities during the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The money was donated by supporters bidding on lockers containing signed memorabilia of each of the competitors in the tournament, including Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

Half of the donations will be given to the tournament's partner charity Save the Children, while the rest will be handed out equally to the player's chosen charitable organisations.

"Save the Children is thrilled by the response to the locker room auction at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals," said the charity's chief executive Justin Forsyth.

"The lucky winners of the auction now own a piece of tennis history. We want to say thank you to everybody who placed a bid. All of you contributed to raising a whopping £36,382 which will change the lives of some of the world's poorest children."

A total of 499 bids were made online, with World Tour Finals champion Federer's locker racking up the most money, with the highest bid of £11,282.

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