Last Updated: 2012.11.13
UNIQLO Congratulates Novak Djokovic on Winning The 2012 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award and The ATP World Tour No. 1 Ranking
UNIQLO CO., LTD.
to Japanese
November 13, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - UNIQLO today congratulates professional tennis player Novak Djokovic on receiving the 2012 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award of the Year at the ATP* World Tour Awards 2012 in London, for his contributions to the Novak Djokovic Foundation** and his role as UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) National Ambassador in Serbia. In addition to the humanitarian award, Novak Djokovic received the 2012 ATP* World Tour No. 1 Award for achieving the year-end World No. 1 ATP* Ranking in consecutive seasons.
Tadashi Yanai, Chairman, President & CEO of leading global Japanese retailer Fast Retailing, commented on Novak Djokovic's recent awards by saying, "Representing all of us at Fast Retailing and UNIQLO, I extend my warm congratulations to Novak Djokovic on receiving both the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award of the Year and the ATP World Tour No. 1 Award. These awards recognize Novak's ongoing efforts to help improve children's lives by focusing on education and to promote the sport of tennis worldwide, respectively. As a company that is aiming to become No. 1 globally, we are truly encouraged by Novak's achievements to date. Yanai added, "We are equally pleased that the 'Clothes for Smiles'*** program we launched last month in partnership with Novak is being well received by people all around the world."
*Association of Tennis Professionals
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/11/Features/ATP-Awards-2012.aspx
**Established in 2007, the Novak Djokovic Foundation supports projects that help improve the lives and education of young people in Serbia.
***A CSR program created by UNIQLO that establishes a U.S. $10 million fund to bring smiles to children all around the world, nurturing their dreams and giving them the tools to build a better and brighter future.
