World number one Ash Barty will donate all her winnings from this week’s Brisbane International to the Red Cross to help the victims of Australia’s bushfire crisis.
Barty revealed on Sunday that she had already donated Aus $30,000 to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to help with injured wildlife, after seeing the effects of the fires back in November.
But she has now decided to do more and will give her Brisbane winnings — potentially US$250,000 — to the Red Cross.