Saturday 16 January 2010

Hit For Haiti

Last Tuesday a devastating earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale decimated Haiti leaving around 3 million people in need of help.

Although it’s the eve of the Australian Open’s first round, Roger Federer put aside thoughts of his preparation and brought together an entourage of the world's top tennis players to play a special mixed-doubles event at the Rod Laver Arena to support the Haiti earthquake victims.

Although we were only able to attend this event as a result of a tragedy, it was amazing to be able to go to see world class players on centre court at the Rod Laver Arena, along with thousands of others.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Novak Djokovic, Sam Stosur, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick paired up for the special mixed doubles match that was the best of two sets.

The match was fun to watch with lots of banter and trick shots and we felt priviledged to be a part of an event that raised at least $200,000.










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