Roger Federer donates one million francs to the fight against Corona
Roger Federer follows numerous sports greats and is also generous in the corona crisis. On Wednesday, the Grand Slam record winner in the social networks announced that he and his wife Mirka would donate one million francs (approx. 945,000 euros) to "the most vulnerable families in Switzerland".
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last edit: Mar 25, 2020, 02:15 pm
"These are challenging times for all of us and nobody should be left behind," wrote the 38-year-old Swiss: "Our contribution is only a start. We hope that others will join in order to support even more families in need. Together we can do this Overcome the crisis! "
Federer is thus following several sports greats from other disciplines, such as Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich from FC Bayern Munich, who have created a platform on which donations can be made for the victims of the Corona crisis. Goretzka and Kimmich contributed one million euros themselves. In the NBA, on the other hand, some players have agreed to take over part of the salary from those people who largely fall over due to the loss of games for their income.
The tennis circus shows again and again that the willingness to help among top athletes is great. Be it, as at the beginning of this year, in supporting the victims of the bush fires in Australia. Or at the end of 2018 in the flood disaster in Mallorca, when Rafael Nadaldonated one million euros .