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.”