ATP: Cincinnati saves on the prize money - in the later rounds
The Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 tournament is slated to take place before the US Open in late August. Compared to the previous year, significantly less prize money will be distributed. However, not at every stage of the tournament.
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last edit: Jul 28, 2020, 07:34 am
In 2019, Daniil Medvedev not only won his first title at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati with the final victory over David Goffin , but was also able to travel on to New York to the US Open with his biggest winner's check to date. The Russian received symbolically 1,114,225.- US dollars by check, of which the US tax authority withheld 30 percent - the premium should have been enough for one or two warm meals.
Which also applies to Medvedev's upcoming title defense, which he must strive for in New York City. The menu would turn out to be much leaner in 2020: For the title, the organizers are only paying out $ 285,000 this time. Still a proud sum, especially since it has to be played without a spectator and therefore without ticket proceeds.
A deterrent example of MLB
The savings in prize money also affect the rounds preceding the final - up to the quarter-finals. However, more money will be distributed in 2020 than in the previous year until the round of 16. This applies particularly to the qualification rounds. There is 57 percent more participation in the first round than last year, and almost 50 percent for reaching the second.
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The biggest question at the moment is whether the event can really be carried out as planned. The start of Major League Baseball went really bad, but the MLB decided not to set up a bubble as planned by the USTA. In any case, those responsible for the American association will be extremely excited to see the NBA and the NHL, which have combined their players under the restrictive conditions that are planned in New York.