TENNIS star Andy Murray has announced that a Glasgow-based organisation will join Unicef as a charity partner at his exhibition match later this year.
The former Wimbledon champion and former world No 1 will take on Roger Federer in the Andy Murray Live event at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow on November 7.
Proceeds from the event will be shared equally between Unicef and Sunny-sid3up, a charity based in Govan, which focuses on projects that improve lives and communities in Scotland and overseas.
Last year the event at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, raised £305,000 for charity, and organisers expect this year’s match to raise even more.
Murray said: “The work that Sunny-sid3up do was a real inspiration to me. As well as supporting Unicef, it is important to me that each year my event can benefit a local Scottish charity – the first Andy Murray Live gave a real boost to Young People’s Futures and this year I am confident that we can do even better for Sunny-sid3up.”
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