Andy Murray to donate prize money to Grenfell victims
The world number one will hand over his cheque, which will be more than £346,000 if he wins his sixth title, according to reports in a number of newspapers.
The tournament is taking place at Queen’s Club, a few miles from the burnt-out tower block in west London.
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Hide AdMurray has supported a number of charitable causes throughout his career.]
He donated his Queen’s winnings to the Royal Marsden Hospital in 2013, where his friend Ross Hutchins was being treated for cancer.
He has also seen first-hand how a tragedy can affect a community.
He and his brother Jamie were pupils at Dunblane Primary School when 16 pupils and their teacher were massacred on March 13 1996.
The children - aged five and six - and teacher Gwen Mayor were murdered by Thomas Hamilton when he opened fire on a gym class.
The massacre in the Stirlingshire town shocked the nation and led to the UK enforcing some of the strictest firearms legislation in the world.