Federer breaks $50m barrier.Byline: David McCarthy David McCarthy (born 16 July 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres and began racing over 800 metres in 2007. He finished seventh at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in THEY blast out songs during the changeovers at the Arthur Ashe Stadium Arthur Ashe Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows Park, is the main tennis stadium of the U.S. Open, the last of each year's four Grand Slam tournaments. The stadium is also where the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day takes place. . Yesterday during Roger Federer's straight-sets win over American teenager Devin Britton they should have been playing ABBA's Money, Money, Money. That would have summed up the Swiss's achievement in blasting through the $50million career earnings - and that is only from tournament revenue. He's made four times that amount from endorsements. The No.1 seed, who is going for six-in-a-row at Flushing Meadows banked $31,000 from beating Britton 6-1 6-3 7-5. He insisted, though, that winning tournaments rather than pay cheques is his motivation. He said: "My motivation is to win again and again. If I enjoy tennis why should I stop just because I've beaten the all-time Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. record?" While Federer was enjoying an easy start to his campaign, a former champion in the ladies' singles was doing the same. They call her Kim Possible and yesterday Kim Clijsters took the first step towards achieving her Mission Impossible. The Belgian, winner of the US Open in 2005, who quit two years ago to have a family and only picked up a racket again in March, took just 58 minutes to sort out Ukrainian Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1 6-1. Operating on a wild card she represents a danger to every fancied competitor in the women's singles. The 26-year-old said: "I was surprised I played so well when I came back but I still feel like I can improve. "I've done everything possible to get back into shape, so I know when it is 5-5 in the third that's not going to be an issue." Elsewhere, No.8 seed Victoria Azarenka beat Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1 6-1 while Polish No.12 seed Agnieszka Radwanska also won in straight sets against Austrian Patricia Mayr. Australian Samantha Stosur, the No.15 seed, survived a tough three-setter with Japan's Ali Sugiyama to advance. The first seed to fall came in the men's singles where Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, ranked 26th, went down in four sets to Russian Mikhail Youzhny. CAPTION(S): MONEYBAGS mon·ey·bag n. 1. A bag for holding money. 2. moneybags (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Wealth. 3. moneybags (used with a sing. verb) A rich, often extravagant person. : Federer |
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