NBA’s Jimmy Butler and singer Sebastián Yatra play tennis at a US Open charity event for Ukraine
NBA star Jimmy Butler has dressed identical to a member of the ball crew on the U.S. Open and picked up a racket to play alongside Frances Tiafoe throughout a charity occasion that raised $320,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine
ByThe Related Press
August 23, 2023, 11:18 PM
FILE – Miami Warmth ahead Jimmy Butler (22) seems to be to move the ball throughout Recreation 2 of the crew’s NBA basketball Jap Convention finals in opposition to the Boston Celtics, Might 19, 2023, in Boston. Butler dressed identical to a member of the ball crew on the U.S. Open tennis match Wednesday to carry out these duties and picked up a racket to play alongside Frances Tiafoe throughout a charity occasion that raised $320,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. (AP Photograph/Charles Krupa, File)
The Related Press
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — NBA star Jimmy Butler took a swing at one other sport Wednesday night time, dressing identical to a member of the ball crew on the U.S. Open to carry out these duties and selecting up a racket to play with Frances Tiafoe, Carlos Alcaraz and Sebastián Yatra at a charity occasion that raised $320,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the struggle there continues.
Butler, who led the Miami Warmth to the NBA Finals final season earlier than shedding to the Denver Nuggets, shouldn’t be new to tennis and is buddies with 2022 French Open runner-up Coco Gauff.
He teamed with Tiafoe, a semifinalist ultimately yr’s U.S. Open, in doubles in opposition to defending champion Alcaraz and Grammy winner Yatra.
Different just-for-fun exhibitions at Stars of the Open in Louis Armstrong Stadium included John McEnroe, Gabriela Sabatini, Jessica Pegula, Matteo Berrettini, Elena Svitolina, Gael Monfils, Chris Eubanks and Jennifer Brady.
The U.S. Open begins Monday.
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