A charity occasion will function history-making world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s return from damage in Australia.
The Spanish 19-year-old grew to become the youngest man to high the end-of-year ATP standings after a breakout 2022 that was halted by an stomach concern.
The US Open champion will not play any Australian Open lead-in tournaments, together with his first look to return within the Tennis Plays for Peace charity occasion at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on January 11.
All funds raised from the occasion will help the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine by UNICEF Australia and Global Giving, that are offering assistance on the bottom.
Australian Alex de Minaur, Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, Maria Sakkari, Alex Zverev and Frances Tiafoe have additionally been confirmed for the occasion, with extra to be introduced nearer to the occasion.
Ukraine’s Leonid Stanislavskyi will probably be a particular visitor on the occasion, the 98-year-old formally recognised by the Guinness Book of Records because the world’s oldest tennis participant.
He’s challenged Adelaide’s fellow 98-year-old Henry Young to a match on Rod Laver Arena.
