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Nadal and Murray to play football match

ESPN staff
March 23, 2011
Novak Djokovic wore messages of support on his socks © Getty Images
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Andy Murray will join Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to play in a charity football match in a bid to raise money for the relief effort in Japan.

The trio are in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open this week, but will team up with David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and other stars from the ATP Tour to take on Fort Lauderdale Strikers at a Miami high school on Wednesday.

Also showing off their footballing skills will be Japan's Kei Nishikori, Feliciano Lopez, Viktor Troicki, Jurgen Melzer and Marcos Baghdatis.

The players will also attend a fundraising dinner and after-party with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross Japan disaster relief effort.

Djokovic, who won the BNP Paribas Open last week, wore messages of support for the earthquake and tsunami victims on his knee tape and socks.

"Since we heard about the earthquake in Japan and all its consequences I wanted to do something to support the victims in Japan," Djokovic said. "I have played last week with messages posted on my knee tape supporting Japan, but this is something different since we want to raise money for the Red Cross to help people."

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