Nadal, Federer and Serena will play an exhibition in favor of fire victims in Australia

The matches will be performed on the Melbourne Rod Laver Area 5 days earlier than the beginning of the primary main of the season.

On January 15, 5 days earlier than the beginning of the Australian Open, Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Serena Williams meet to play a charity match in favor of the victims of the fires which have devastated the ocean big. The listing of stars current on the Melbourne Rod Laver Area will be accomplished with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Naomi Osaka, Nick Kyrgios and Caroline Wozniacki.

Since September, the flames have triggered the loss of life of 25 folks in Australia, the destruction of 2,000 properties and the loss of thousands and thousands of animals all through the nation. In the previous couple of hours, the delicate temperatures gave the firemen a break, though as of Friday a brand new enhance is anticipated to complicate the scenario.

The cloud of smoke over Melbourne additionally aroused the alarms in the Australian Open group, though Craig Tiley, president of the Tennis Federation, dominated out on Tuesday any sort of cancellation of the event.

Solidarity NBA

In the previous couple of days, there have been indicators of assist in the world of tennis. Ashleigh Barty, primary of the WTA, hand over his winnings on the Brisbane Match to the Purple Cross to assist victims. As well as, all contributors of the ATP Cup will donate 62 euros for every related direct service.

Likewise, a bunch of NBA gamers, together with Ben Simmons, Aron Baynes, Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Ingles or Patty Mills, raised virtually 500,000 euros for these affected.