World’s top tennis stars will play in Australian Open Rally for Fire Relief

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Several of the world’s top tennis stars, including Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, have agreed to play in an exhibition match to raise funds for Australia’s bushfire relief.

The trio, who have 62 grand slam titles among them, will be joined at the Australian Open Rally for Relief on by Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The exhibition match will take place at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday January 15 at 6.30pm

Nearly 18 million acres have been burned as the country faces its worst blazes in decades.

Tickets are just $54 for adults and $35 concession and are available at ticketmaster.com.au.  

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