Rally For Relief to take place in Melbourne on 15 JanuaryTA hopes some of the world’s top players will be involvedNick Krygios’s plans for a massive fundraising effort for bushfire victims has resulted in a
Tennis exhibition match set to feature some of the world’s top players. Kyrgios kicked off a flood of donations to the fundraising campaign from sporting names around Australia, including
American NBL star LaMelo Ball.
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Kyrgios floated the idea of a charity tennis match and Tennis Australia on Friday responded by announcing “Rally For Relief”, an exhibition match on Rod Laver Arena on 15 January. It will also donate proceeds from a Jessica Mauboy concert on 19 January to the Red Cross appeal and grant $1m for communities to rebuild tennis facilities.