Athletes are mobilizing for Australia

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are among the biggest names in tennis who will take part Sunday in an exhibition on the eve of the opening of the Australian Open to raise money for victims of floods in the country. Federer, Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Lleyton Hewitt, Novak Djokovic and Pat Rafter are among the elite players who participate in this rally at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Tennis players are not the only ones to mobilize, and former Australian cricketer Shane Warne also organizes a charity game to help flood victims. Finally the seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who will participate next week in Australia at the Tour Down Under has pledged to donate $ 50,000 for relief.