Sharapova donates $10,000 to quake victims
Sharapova donates $10,000 to quake victims
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, due to play an exhibition match in Thailand
against Venus Williams, will donate $10,000 to help victims of the killer
tsunamis that hit the kingdom, a minister said on Wednesday.
Deputy Prime Minister and tennis association head Suwat Liptapanlop said the
Russian starlet, scheduled to arrive in Bangkok late on Wednesday, had notified
him about her generosity.
"She informed us that she wanted to donate 10,000 dollars of her own money to
the government's victim relief fund," Suwat said.
The fund, launched yesterday, had already received donations amounting to 108
million baht ($2.77 mn), according to media reports.
Although a gala dinner to be held for Sharapova and Williams would be cancelled
out of respect for the unprecedented loss of life, the match scheduled for
January 2 in the northern city of Chiang Mai was due to go ahead.
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