South Africa’s Kevin Anderson suffered a first round exit at the Australian Open, but does have R1 million reasons to keep his chin up! Photo: Paul Crock / AFP
Kevin Anderson’s mega R1 MILLION pay day after Round 1 loss at Australian Open
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson suffered a first round exit at the Australian Open, but does have R1 million reasons to keep his chin up!
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson suffered a first round exit at the Australian Open, but does have R1 million reasons to keep his chin up! Photo: Paul Crock / AFP
South Africa’s tennis ace Kevin Anderson suffered a first round exit at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday – but did have R1 million reasons to keep his chin up.
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Anderson, now 35, whose world ranking has ballooned to a current 97th in the world in recent years, lost in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to big-serving American Reilly Opelka.
Opelka, who is the tournament’s 23rd seed, won the match in one hour and 46 minutes.
He will play 53rd-ranked German Dominik Koepfer in the second round.
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Such are the incredible fortunes on offer to tennis players these days, Kevin Anderson took home A$90 000 (R1 million) for his 106 minutes of work.
That equates to R9 434 per minute!
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Not too shabby at all!
Of course, Anderson would swap that for still being in the tournament.
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