The organizer of the event was the first racket of the world, Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, who has been actively supporting Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territories..
Tennis stars joined the event - Elina Svitolina, Serhiy Stakhovsky, former second racket of the world from Poland Agnieszka Radwanska, Pole junior Martin Pavelski.
Also, the exhibition matches were visited by the legendary football player and former head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko. Note that Svitolina was the referee of these fights. Now she has taken a break in her career. 27-year-old Ukrainian woman is pregnant and expecting a child from her husband, French tennis player Gael Monfils.
First, the participants played a classic set, in which Sventek and Pavelski won against Radwanska and Stakhovsky (6:4), and then a super tiebreak, which ended in favor of the duet of the Ukrainian and the Polish (12:10).
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Later, Sventek and Radwanska additionally had a head-to-head match in the individual category, which lasted one set. Agnieszka won the game - 6:4.
In total, thanks to the tennis event, it was possible to raise about 2 million zlotys (422 thousand euros). All proceeds will go to help Ukrainian children affected by the Russian army's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier it was reported that the coach of Berinchyk put up for auction a unique lot of Vitali Klitschko to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.