Yahoo News: "World number five Carlos Moya of Spain retained the ATP Chennai Open, then donated his entire 52,000-dollar prize money to tsunami victims. The top seed emerged unscathed Sunday after a three-hour slugfest against Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand to win 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in a repeat of last year's final before a sell-out crowd of 6,000 at the Nungambakkam tennis stadium.
"I want the money I have earned here to help the survivors of one of the worst tragedies of our times," said the 28-year-old Moya after winning his 18th ATP title in a rousing final.
More than 156,000 people were killed across Asia in the December 26 tsunami disaster -- nearly 10,000 of them in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu of which Madras is the capital. "It is a small contribution which I hope will help the affected families," said Moya. "They deserve all the help they can get."
Moya, who led Spain's victory against the United States in the Davis Cup final in December, said he was delighted to start the season with a win."
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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