Federer Shows How to Be the World’s Greatest Sportsman

Tennis star Roger Federer organised a charity tennis match to raise funds for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Federer Shows How to Be the World’s Greatest Sportsman
Roger Federer plays a shot during a charity tennis exhibition for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images
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Roger Federer plays a shot during a charity tennis exhibition for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. (Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images)
It could have been any one of a number of top seeded tennis players in Australia for the Australian Open, Jan 18-31, to organise a charity match to raise funds for Haiti, but only one thought of it.

One the eve of a major championship, not usually the time for a sportsman (or woman) to exhibit a caring nature, the world’s No.1, Roger Federer, put the wheels in motion.