The world's best tennis players and thousands of tennis fans joined forces to raise $1.8 million and counting at the Rally for Relief at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday afternoon.
As the clean up continues across Queensland, the tennis family put on a special exhibition on the eve of Australian Open 2011 in aid of the thousands of families who have been affected by the flood crisis.
Team Gold, led by Lleyton Hewitt, included Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, Justine Henin, Caroline Wozniacki, Roger Federer and Sam Stosur entered first to rapturous applause. They were followed by team green, which was led by Queenslander Pat Rafter, and made up of Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka, Vera Zvonareva, Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters.
With more trick moves than the Harlem Globetrotters and some shots that can only be described as experimental, the players put on a show that the 15,000 fans packed into Rod Laver Arena and the hundreds more in Garden Square won't forget any time soon.
Adding to the experience, most of the players wore microphones and happily joked with each other throughout the match.
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