Athletes collected money to support Ukraine.
In New York before the start of the US Open Championship a charity event was held with the participation of star tennis players, womenstennisblog.com reports. Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, John McEnroe, Iga Svyontek, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas and other tennis stars. Ukrainian tennis players Dayana Yastremska, Katarina Zavatska, Darya Snigur, Serhii Stakhovsky and Olga Savchuk also took to the court.
According to the results of the event, it was possible to collect 1.2 million dollars, which will be sent for humanitarian aid to Ukrainians who suffered from the full-scale military invasion of Russia.
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