Swiatek and Radwanska raise PLN 2.5m for Ukraine war relief

Iga Swiatek and Agnieszka Radwanska joined forces to help the victims of the war in Ukraine and they did a very good job with that.

Swiatek and Radwanska played a one-set match against each other that saw the veteran win 6-4 and after that, they played a doubles match with Pawelski and Stakhovsky. Elina Svitolina was there as well serving as the match umpire as she could not play due to her pregnancy.

The event was a huge success and gathered a crowd of 12.000 people in the TAURON Arena in Krakow. The whole endeavour raised 2.5 million PLN. Other notable people in attendance included former Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko, Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda and children from the Elina Svitolina Foundation.

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Swiatek said:

"I know that social memory is short, so we wanted to remind the world that the war in Ukraine is not over. I think that we have completed the task of helping with tennis, and we have shown the great social power of sport."

She added:

"It's amazing. On Saturday in Krakow, I found out how powerful sport is in connecting people and how much we can achieve to help others when we use it wisely. Thank you for the support. Thank you Agnieszka, Sergiy, Martyn, Andriy, Elina for being here."