Get SI's 2005 NFL Team Package FREE! Subscribe to SI Give the Gift of SI THE WEB SI.com cnnWriteMenuEntries(cnnMenuEntries); var clickExpire = "-1"; Investing in the future Sony Ericsson pays big bucks to sponsor WTA Tour Posted: Monday January 10, 2005 3:56PM; Updated: Saturday January 22, 2005 7:17PM Carlos Moya donated his $52,000 winner's check to tsunami disaster relief. AP Welcome back everyone ... Let's start by giving the "Player of the Week" award to the good folks at Sony Ericsson who made a landmark investment in tennis last week. The company ponied up $88 million over six years real money, not marketing commitments, much less lucy.com stock options to be the new title sponsor of the WTA Tour. This was a huge coup for WTA CEO Larry Scott , a huge validation for tennis and a huge testament to the sport's global reach. ... Carlos Moya beat Paradorn Srichaphan in a third-set tiebreaker. Moya then donated his $52,000 winner's check to disaster relief, following in the footsteps of the pre-tournament pledge of Jonas Bjorkman and Mahesh Bhupathi to donate their winnings to the tsunami victims. (Remember that the next time some meathead sportscaster talks about selfish tennis players.) In the doubles final | |
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