As part of the Ukraine Peace Tournament held at the USTA facility in New York, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari joined forces to raise money for the country.
.@steftsitsipas incentivizes @mariasakkari to serve big to @MattBerrettini and he'll make a donation to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. pic.twitter.com/NcAkdd7rD5
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 25, 2022
Stefanos and Maria played against Beretini and Zavatska and during the match, the Greek star gave Sakkari a difficult task.
He invited her to serve to the Italian without a return ball and if she did he would donate $10,000 to the Ukrainians.
Finding creative ways to make good for the world 💛💙 https://t.co/oJ0P6yiEyH
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) August 25, 2022
Her first serve was out, but Maria succeeded with her second serve!
The US Open hosted Tennis Plays for Peace providing an evening of entertainment and support of Ukraine humanitarian relief.💙 pic.twitter.com/3DCw8fiCSN
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 25, 2022
As announced by the USTA, the evening's total revenue is in the $2 million range.
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