Federer, Nadal kick in $170,000 for Australian bushfire relief

A host of tennis stars including Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios joined a charity event RallyforRelief at Melbourne Park's Rod Laver Arena to raise funds for the Australian bushfire relief efforts

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Laver Cup - Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland - September 21, 2019 Team Europe's Rafael Nadal is spoken to by Roger Federer during his singles match against Team World's Milos Raonic REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

World number one Nadal made the announcement at Melbourne Park’s Rod Laver Arena during the “Rally for Relief” event where top players including Serena Williams and Australian Open defending champion Novak Djokovic led fundraising efforts. Australia is experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons on record, with fires burning for months and killing 28 people, destroying more than 2,500 homes and razing forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria.

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