Serena, Sharapova to take part in charity virtual tennis event
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ennis stars like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Naomi Osaka, Kei Nishikori and others will participate in a virtual charity tennis tournament.
IMG is the company coordinating the tournament titled "Stay at Home Slam" and it will be streamed on Sunday on Facebook Gaming and on the tennis Facebook page of IMG.
Two-person teams will compete using the Mario Tennis Aces game on Nintendo Switch.
Competitors will play the video game from their homes across the country, and each will receive USD25,000 donated to the charity of their choice, with the winner of the tournament receiving an additional USD1 million in donation.
"I am proud our IMG tennis clients came together so quickly to support a multitude of great causes," said Max Eisenbud, SVP of tennis clients at IMG as per the official website. "It is a testament to the people we work with across all our divisions that we were able to bring this to life in such a short amount of time."
"It's been incredible to see the creative ways athletes are using social media to support people during this difficult time," said Evan Shugerman, Facebook Athlete Partnerships Lead.
"We're excited to be partnering with IMG to contribute to those efforts, which will bring some of the world's top athletes together on Facebook for an entertaining and impactful competition."
Legendary tennis player John McEnroe and popular YouTube personality iJustine (Justine Ezarik) will be commentating the matches.
The participating teams are
Serena Williams iamp; Gigi Hadid
Naomi Osaka iamp; Hailey Bieber
Venus Williams iamp; JuJu Smith-Schuster
Maria Sharapova iamp; Karlie Kloss
Kei Nishikori iamp; Steve Aoki
Madison Keys iamp; Seal
Taylor Fritz iamp; Addison Rae
Kevin Anderson iamp; Ryan Tannehill
✔️ Serena, Sharapova to take part in charity virtual tennis event
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