TSN2 serves up some of the greatest names in tennis for a great cause, as Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport join current tour players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for HIT FOR HAITI, live on Friday, March 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET.
The event, which benefits the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund, features two exhibition doubles matches, with Graf and Davenport taking on Navratilova and Henin in the first match, followed by Federer and Sampras playing Nadal and Agassi in the second match. The eight players taking part in HIT FOR HAITI are either current or former world #1-ranked players and have amassed a total of 94 Grand Slam titles between them.
HIT FOR HAITI kicks off TSN and TSN2’s complete coverage of the ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000: BNP PARIBAS OPEN from March 15 to March 21 (see broadcast schedule attached). 2009 BNP PARIBAS OPEN champion and current world #3-ranked player Nadal returns to Indian Wells, CA, looking for a second-consecutive title, as he takes on a field comprised of 96 of the world’s best players, including world #1-ranked Roger Federer and world #2-ranked Novak Djokovic.
