Nadal and Federer donate over £132,000 to bushfire relief but Canadian player labels pair 'selfish'

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams led a squad of star players on Wednesday in staging an exhibition event at Melbourne Park which raised £2.8million for bushfire victims. One prominent backbencher, American Noah Rubin, accused organisers of sitting ‘in offices with air conditioning’ while sending out lesser known names to play in an environment hazardous to their health. : Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Roger Federer at Wednesday's 'Rally for Relief' at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Late Wednesday afternoon a biblical rainstorm in Melbourne cleared the air before the exhibition event and was welcomed for reasons far more profound than anything to do with sport. Who are you?”.’ Canadian Brayden Schnur, who is seeded third in qualifying, was critical of Nadal and Federer Nadal announced after the event that he and Federer would donate to the relief effort The smoky haze has severely effected the first two days of Australian Open qualifying The light-hearted evening of tennis attracted tennis' biggest names, including Novak Djokovic Nick Kyrgios came up against Federer and shared a joke with the Swiss great afterwards