{"id":1175,"date":"2011-01-16T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-17T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:01:26","slug":"the-worlds-tennis-stars-gather-in-rally-for-relief-to-aid-flood-victims-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/events\/the-worlds-tennis-stars-gather-in-rally-for-relief-to-aid-flood-victims-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s tennis stars gather in Rally For Relief to aid flood victims in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=arhiva src=https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arhiva\/slike\/TvrdaPodloga\/785.jpg> {nl}<font color=\"gray\">Photo: Getty Images<\/font>{nl}{nl}Rafa, Roger, Nole and other top tennis players took part in exhibition matches in front of 15,000 spectators at a packed Rod Laver Arena on the eve of the Australian Open to raise money for victims of the devastating floods in Australia.{nl}{nl}Ticket-buying spectators raised A$300,000 during the &#8220;Rally for Relief&#8221; event and corporate sponsors kicked in hundreds of thousands of dollars more. {nl}{nl}Nadal and Federer played against eachother, and then they teamed against Kim Clijsters and Sam Stosur.{nl}{nl}As expected, Nole was the biggest attraction. He and Andy Roddick entertained the crowd with jokes, and played a match against Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka.{nl}{nl}The funniest was when the Serbian world number three borrowed camera from photographers and snapped Caroline Wozniacki who posed in a pink and white sports dress.{nl}{nl}<b>&#8220;I can see more than you think!&#8221; <\/b>said Djokovic, waving the camera&#8217;s extended zoom at her.{nl}{nl}Then Nole and Ana Ivanovic played a short match against Andy Murray and Victoria Azarenka. {nl}{nl}<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novakdjokovic.rs\/photo.php?jezik=1&#038;id=158\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"red\">See photos<\/font><\/a> from the exhibition.{nl}{nl}<b>Nole will start his bid for a second Grand Slam title against world no.42 Spaniard Marcel Granollers on Monday at 11am CET.  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