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Federer-Nadal charity match attracts record crowd

Federer and Nadal match breaks record of highest attendance in a tennis match

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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attracted a world record crowd for a tennis match in an exhibition event in Cape Town which Federer won by 6-4 3-6 6-3. The attendance of 51,954 surpassed the previous record 42,517 when Federer played Alexander Zverev in Mexico City last November. The ‘Match in Africa’ raised USD 3.5-million for the Roger Federer Foundation, which supports educational and athletic programs in Africa.


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