Prize pot of 34m pounds on offer at Wimbledon

London: Wimbledon announced a hefty prize-pot hike on Tuesday, along with a new sustainability project aimed at ensuring it is not just the grass courts that remain green at the All England Club.
Organisers of the oldest grand slam tournament revealed a prize fund of 34 million pounds ($46.57 million) for the 2018 championships, up 7.6 per cent from last year.
That figure includes awards of 2.25 million pounds each for the men’s and women’s champions - an increase on the 2.2 million pounds Roger Federer and Garbine Muguruza received in 2017.
Organisers also issued a warning that players who compete while knowingly carrying an injury, and quit mid-match, face being penalised.