The organizers of the Australian Open tennis championship Australian Open will hold a charity event before the start of the tournament.

On the eve of the competition, Melbourne will host several exhibition matches called Tennis Plays for Peace, which will be attended by famous tennis players Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Francis Tiafoe, Alex de Minor, Coco Goff, Maria Sakkari and others.

A ticket to a charity event will cost $25 for adults and $5 for children, and all funds raised will go to humanitarian aid to Ukrainians..

Note that in the Tennis Plays for Peace tournament, 98-year-old Ukrainian Leonid Stanislavsky will enter the court, who will play against Australian Henry Young.

Australian Open 2023 will be held in Melbourne from 16 to 29 January. This is the first Grand Slam of the new season..

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Earlier it was reported that six representatives of Ukraine will compete in the qualification of the Australian Open-2023.