I need rubber bands

It was recently announced that the singles champions at the French open will walk away with $1.7 million in their pockets with an increase of $300,000 from last years tournament. It was also announced that the Grand Slam tournament is going up to $25 million with that being nearly $5 million more then 2010's tournament. Wimbledon announced only on day earlier that its singles champs will also receive near that of the French champions, $1.8 million.
This is indicating that the tennis funding and sponsoring is still increasing in activity. Which ultimately means that the sport is increasing in popularity and competition.

Good NEWZZ for the tennis competitors.