Andy Murray's Ukraine Relief efforts backed by Citi Open

Andy Murray is in Washington to participate in the Citi Open and his Ukraine relief efforts were supported by the event.

Murray established a campaign that aims to help children affected by the War in Ukraine with the Brit donating his prize money to the cause. His effort will be matched for the Citi Open as the chairman Mark Ein pledged to match Murray's prize money donation from the event.

Ein said:

“That really inspired us and we’re announcing today that whatever Andy makes here and donates to UNICEF, we're going to match it. We're also going to create a fan portal called Match Ukraine, where fans can get involved. They can give by the match. They can be part of Andy's journey. In fact, we'll extend it through the year. People can be part of Andy's mission here to make a real difference in something in the world that's horrible and really deserves all of our support.”

Murray added:

“It’s brilliant. Thanks a lot to Mark and all the team here for supporting that. It shows that when the players and the tournaments work together, that really good things can happen. Hopefully I can have a good run and lots of the fans can get involved, too, raise a lot of money this week. You can't just forget about this. It's still going on. People are still getting killed, children are still having to flee their homes, and are in really, really tragic situations. It's important that the media continues to shine a light on it, keep talking about it.”