Andy Murray was named the 2022 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award recipient for all his efforts to support the people suffering in Ukraine.
It's a longstanding award and it's not the first time Murray has won it. He joined a list of players (Federer, Agassi, Aisam Qureshi) to have won it multiple times as he won it in 2014 as well. This year's award is because of his many efforts to aid the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
To mark the occasion he penned an essay and we bring you some details below.
"In February I was playing the tournament in Dubai and I remember watching the news and there were rumours about something happening between Russia and Ukraine. A few days later when Russia invaded Ukraine everyone was very worried about what it would mean.
When all the images on the news showing what was happening to families began pouring in, it was devastating. Houses were bombed and families were displaced. Young children were affected by this, with many injured and in some cases dying. I wasn’t sure what I could do to help.."
Shortly after I decided that from Indian Wells onwards, I would donate my prize money for the rest of the season to UNICEF’s humanitarian response – the final total was just over $630,000. It seemed like something that would give me some extra motivation this year. I thought I could also raise some awareness and hopefully get others involved in helping, too."
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