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AN EVENING
WHEN HISISTHESTORYOFHOWONABALMY
summerdayinFebruary,abillionaire,alate-night
THE STARS Ttogetherforthemotherofalltennismatchesin
talkshowhostandtwosportinglegendscame
TheMotherCity.
DESCENDED admirersatCapeTownStadiumonFebruary7waitedwith
InthecoastalcityofCapeTowninSouthAfrica,aseaof
batedbreathforthemenwithracquetstheyhadbookedtickets
WITH monthsinadvancetosee.Andthisforanexhibitionmatch
titled,‘TheMatchInAfrica’,whichdrewarecordcrowdof
51,945,allforagoodcause.
RACQUETS Securitywastight.Andthecrowdswerebuildingup.
Andintheywalked,forthepracticesessionfirst.
RogerFedererappearedfromtheplayers’tunnel,wearing
hisUniqloblackshirtandshorts,awhiteheadbandandwhite
Nikeshoesbearingthe‘RF’logo.
Nexttothe20-timeGrandSlammen’ssingleschampion
The world’s biggest names in men’s washismother,LynetteFederer,inadistinctgreentopand
tennis today, Roger Federer and blackpants.
Rafael Nadal, faced-off on African Shortly,RafaelNadal,the‘SpanishBull’,theworldnumber
soil for the first time at a celebrity twoinmen’ssinglestennis,madehisgrandentryontothe
charity match also attended by Bill hardcourtsportingpinkandwhiteNikeshoeswiththeword
Gates. FORBES AFRICA was witness. ‘Rafa’writtenonthem,apinkNikeshirt,andawhiteNike
baseballcapwithhistrademark‘bull’logo.
BY BUSI LETHOLE And the two players gave the crowd a taste of what
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