Iga Swiatek Makes a $70,000 Commitment to Become the Latest Tennis Player to Take a Stand for Mental Health Awareness

The tennis world serves players with great opportunities to earn fame, glory, and a lot of money as well. With such huge amounts of prize money, many players are also philanthropists and make huge donations to different causes. Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek never fails to win hearts with her immense performance on the court. Besides that, a recent update revealed another side of her that is equally endearing.

Former world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, a player who won millions of hearts this season with her tussles on the court, managed to win more fans with an off-court endeavor as well.

Iga Swiatek captures the hearts of her fans with an act of kindness

Iga Swiatek, the 4-time Grand Slam champion, has always stayed on top of the highlights for her stand towards mental health awareness. Be it the French Open this year where she appreciated the authorities for using a digital aid against negative speech or sharing updates about her regular schedule of prioritizing mental health as much as physical wellbeing. Coming up with another major highlight, the Pole shared an update about a donation that she recently made for a noble cause.

Fans received a great surprise from the former world No.1 as she expressed her dedication to the cause of mental health, stating, “I speak openly about how important it is to me and I want to speak through my actions as well, that’s why this year I will donate 300 000 PLN to UNICEF Poland for help in the field of mental health in Poland and all over the world.”

Along with the major announcement, she shared her thoughts and motivated other people as well. “I would like to encourage you to have a look around and see if there’s someone there who could use your help. You can make a donation of your choice to organizations like UNICEF that professionally help people (if you’re able to).”

The announcement was undoubtedly a positive act and also acts as a motivation for other players and young tennis enthusiasts to develop an attitude of giving back. However, Iga isn’t the first tennis figure who came forward to donate to a noble cause.

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Roger Federer’s high number of donation

While Iga Swiatek’s announcement of donation is an act that deserves great respect, tennis legend Roger Federer has been on top of the club of tennis players who follow the art of giving back. Back in 2020, the Swiss former tennis legend crossed $20,000,000 of donations made to different causes. Under the Roger Federer Foundation, the legend has been making a huge contribution towards helping underprivileged kids with their education. Besides earning remarkable achievements and a lot of money from tennis as a profession, the Swiss legend earned unmatched respect because of his kindness towards multiple social causes.

Iga Swiatek’s generous donation to UNICEF Poland for mental health shows that people are realizing how important mental well-being is in today’s world. Her donation towards mental health as a cause was not only aimed at helping people financially but also at creating awareness among followers towards a deed that has the potential to bring a change. This reminds the world that athletes have a strong voice for making the world better, not just with their on-court skills but also by helping important causes.

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