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In a beautiful human gesture, a player donated Tennis American Taylor Fritz Number 24 in the world, with a million dollars for hungry children in his country, obtained by winning a virtual championship through the Internet, due to the suspension of all sports activities currently due to an outbreak Corona virus 19.
Fritz stole the attention of his compatriot Serena Williams and the Russian Maria Sharapova, ranked first in the world previously, in the championship that brought together many stars and celebrities under the name “Stay at Home”, in reference to the Grand Slam tournaments .
In the form of a couple consisting of a player or a player with a celebrity in tennis game competitions through Internet-connected “Nintendo” devices, players faced similar activity during the period of domestic isolation resulting from the outbreak. of the emerging Corona virus.
Fritz and social media star Addison Ray in the final beat Japanese Ke Nishikori and American composer Steve Aoki.
In addition to the duo in the final, the other teams included Serena Williams and fellow model Gigi Hadid of Palestinian origin, her sister Venus and American footballer De Andrei Hopkins, Maria Sharapova and American model Carly Close, Japan’s Naomi Osaka and American supermodel Hayley Pepper, American Madison Keys, British singer Seale, South African Kevin Anderson, and American football player Ryan Tannelly, while American legend John McEnroe is in charge of the suspension.
“I was more nervous than I usually am in real games,” Fritz said, according to the Professional Players Association website. “It was a lot of fun. Thank you (Nishikori), I still have revenge for having defeated me three times before (Memphis 2016, Barcelona and Rome 2019).”
“I play a lot of video games and went back to them recently because there were so many virtual tournaments,” said Fritz.
Fritz and Ray will donate their prize money to the Hungarian No Kid Foundation, which fights against child hunger in the United States. All participants received $ 25,000, which they will donate to a charity of their choice.
Fritz faced the risk of breaking his serve five times when the score was 5-4 when he was sent to win the championship, but each time he responded with an overwhelming submission, the last of them was to clinch the title.
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