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hen some of the world's top tennis players formed a soccer team for a charity game, they had trouble divvying up duties.
"We gathered around 10 or 15 players, and every single one of them wanted to be on attack," event organizer Novak Djokovic said. "So that was a big issue before the match."
Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis scored goals, but the tennis players lost to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers professional team Wednesday night. Proceeds from the game and a dinner raised $100,000 for the American Red Cross Japan disaster relief effort, organizers said.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6255396
"We gathered around 10 or 15 players, and every single one of them wanted to be on attack," event organizer Novak Djokovic said. "So that was a big issue before the match."
Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis scored goals, but the tennis players lost to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers professional team Wednesday night. Proceeds from the game and a dinner raised $100,000 for the American Red Cross Japan disaster relief effort, organizers said.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6255396