Roger Federer pockets staggering amount from Swiss Indoors and donates it all to charity

Roger Federer can take home around €1million (£865,000) for just turning up at the Swiss Indoors, according to Basler Zeitung. That amount by far surpasses any the prize money offered for winning any ATP 500 events. Federer claims he actually walks away with nothing as he donates his entire week’s earning to his Roger Federer Foundation. “All the money I receive here I continue to give to the Foundation,” Federer said. "My goal was that my contract will continue automatically as long as I play. And so we have settled it now. For me, it was clear anyway that I would play here every year as long as I continue to play tennis professionally. And it is also important for the organisers to know that they can count on me."

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