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Wimbledon officials increase prize money to £26.75m – video

All England Club chairman Philip Brook announces on Tuesday a 7% overall rise in Wimbledon prize money, down from 10.5% last year, meaning overall prize money has surged 152% since 2011 to £26.75m. The latest round of increases means the singles champions will each win £1.88m compared with the £1.76m handed to Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova in 2014