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The Tennis world, from the start, has taken the Ukraine situation seriously and looks for different ways to help the suffering people. Andy Murray has joined hands with UNICEF-UK to help unfortunate children out there in the war situation.

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WTA, ATP, and all the Grand slams have ensured donations of about $100,000 to Ukraine. Retired Ukraine international Sergiy Stakhovsky himself has joined the Ukrainian reserve forces.

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 While talking to the Tennis paradise podcast, Andy Murray gave updates on his plans and also the “terrible” situation in Ukraine.

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Andy Murray plans to collect maximum funds for his noble cause

Former world no. 1 Andy Murray had already announced his collaboration with UNICEF-UK to help the children in Ukraine. They have targeted the betterment of the education system in the war-affected country. Murray pledged to give away all the winning amounts of the 2022 season to the UNICEF-UK initiative.

He also urged many other people and followers to make donations. Andy put forward some disturbing number of war-affected children and emphasized the importance of help at the time of need.

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Adding to his vision, he said in the Tennis Paradise podcast, “I have kids of my own and I can’t imagine what it must be like to be in that situation so, hopefully, I can win lots of tennis matches this year and help as many kids as possible in what is a terrible terrible situation.”

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Andy Murray earlier explained the conditions and expressed his sympathy for the people in the difficult situation. He said“Yeah I kind of felt, that’s the best I can do just now to try and raise as much money I can to try and help children in a brutal situation. You can see the images and the footages on the TV and on social media and stuff.”

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Andy Murray’s performances in the 2022 season

Returning from the injury has been difficult for Murray so far. The 3-time Grand Slam winner has a 9-7 record this season.

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He lost the 2022 Australian Open 2nd round match to Canadian Taro Daniel in 3 sets. Also, he reached last-16 in the next three ATP Tours. Recently he lost to 31st seed Alexander Bublik at Indian Wells.

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But now his most successful coach Ivan Lendl has returned to his coaching staff and we could see some miracle in upcoming matches.  

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