Dani Laidley has competed in a celeb tennis match on Friday night on the Australian Open’s annual Glam Slam occasion at KIA Arena.
The occasion is a centrepiece of the Australian Open’s Pride Day, and has additionally drawn the attendance of international affairs minister Penny Wong and all-time tennis nice Billie Jean King.
Also anticipated to attend Friday’s Glam Slam is TV Star Carrie Bickmore, and Love Island Australia’s Claudia Bonifazio.
Ms Laidley, whose memoir Don’t Look Away has been a bestseller, competed within the celeb match together with Adelaide United star Josh Cavallo, Cypriot tennis legend Marcos Baghdatis and Melbourne ahead Ben Brown.
AFLW star Moana Hope, mannequin Maria Thattil and tennis legend Rennae Stubbs are additionally anticipated to participate within the celeb match.
Ms Wong spoke with occasion organiser Rowen D’Souza by the ladies’s Glam Slam remaining amid a busy schedule, which features a journey subsequent week to France alongside defence minister Richard Marles, earlier than the pair head to the United Kingdom.
For Ms Laidley, a former North Melbourne and West Coast star, in addition to North Melbourne coach, it’s one in every of her most public returns to the sporting enviornment.
Earlier in January, The Herald Sun reported how filming for a documentary based mostly on Ms Laidley was nearing completion.
“We are coming up to our final days of shooting and it should be complete, editing and everything, by May and then it will be handed over to STAN and it will be up to them when they want to air it,” Ms Laidley was quoted as saying.
For TV star Bickmore, her look on the Australian Open comes simply over every week since she introduced her separation from long-term accomplice Chris Walker.
After billionaire Bill Gates attended the Australian Open on Thursday, celebrities are anticipated to proceed to flock to the event – together with actor Russell Crowe, who will attend the ladies’s remaining on Saturday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
