Tennis stars raise funds for Haiti

2010-01-18 10:08 BJT

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Eight of the world's leading tennis players have devoted the eve of the Australian Open to Haiti. They played a unique exhibition match, in Melbourne to raise money for victims of last Tuesday's earthquake.

15 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer teamed up with reigning Australian Open women's title-holder Serena Williams and Down Under natives Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur.

Their opponents were 2009 Australian Open men's winner Rafael Nadal, 2008 victor Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, and US Open champion Kim Clijsters.

Roger Federer of Switzerland, right, waves to the crowd next to the representatives of Melbourne Haitian community, after an exhibition tennis match in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Roger Federer of Switzerland, right, waves to
the crowd next to the representatives of
Melbourne Haitian community, after an exhibition
tennis match in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday Jan.
17, 2010. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)