Taylor Fritz donates Australian Open prize money to help LA wildfire relief

• US fourth seed gifts US $81,000 from first-round victory
• It's just insane what happened ... I had family evacuate'

Taylor Fritz is donating his first-round prize money at the Australian Open to help people affected by the California wildfires. The American fourth seed raced through to round three with a 6-2 6-1 6-0 thumping of Chile's Cristian Garin and then revealed that he will give 132,000 Australian dollars (roughly US $81,000 or 67,000) to relief efforts.

I just want everyone to stay safe, it's just insane what happened," said Fritz, who used to live in Los Angeles and has family and friends affected.