The Miami Open tennis tournament kicks off this week and Denmark’s Holger Rune and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas were just two of the ATP stars who volunteered during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.
This day of service helps South Florida’s most vulnerable in various philanthropic initiatives across Miami-Dade County. ATP players who participated included Italy’s Jannik Sinner, UK’s Andy Murray, USA’s Sebastian Korda, Australia’s Alex de Minaur and Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman.
WTA stars included Czechia’s Marie Bouzková and Karolina Pliskova, Spain’s Paula Badosa, Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, France’s Carolina Garcia, and Poland’s Magda Linette.
Volunteers assisted Rebuilding Together in painting and landscaping the home of Miami-Dade County’s veteran, Thomas Coates, retired Air Force E6 Sergeant.
Some players helped plant seedlings at Health in the Hood‘s community garden, with all produce grown distributed free-of-charge to families, local food pantries, churches, and community centers.
The last group of tennis players helped The Miami Rescue Mission prep meals as they serve dinner to those living at the shelter, providing much-needed assistance to the homeless of South Florida.
ATP, WTA, Miami Open also showed support with financial contributions to all of the participating organizations. Check out the gallery for all of the pictures – you don’t want to miss tennis players in hairnets!
