Roger Federer is a great Ambassador for Tennis and his country! We all love Roger.
The Charity event asked everybody coming to the Tennis event to give a $10 donation to Haiti victims as an entrance fee to the tennis and the players themselves received no money. Everyone gave of their time and themselves at no charge. I never saw it as a self promoting thing by anyone and I hope they made a lot of money for Haiti.
This sounds horribly familiar.....
Father of up and comer tennis player threatens to uproot family back to the Home Country 
John Tomic threat to quit Australia
Courtney Walsh From: The Australian January 30, 2010 12:00AMTHE father of Bernard Tomic threatened that his son would quit Australia and play for Croatia after raging against Australian Open officials following the rising star's loss to Marin Cilic last week.
At the same time as Tomic junior was criticising the night-time scheduling of his second-round encounter against the world No 14 as "ridiculous", John Tomic was arguing heatedly with Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley, who is also Tennis Australia's player development director.
It can be revealed that security guards were on standby in the bowels of Melbourne Park to intervene if necessary as Tomic senior blamed Tiley for his son's loss.
While Tiley yesterday confirmed there was a heated discussion, he denied he had been warned that the 17-year-old would play under another flag.
But several sources - all of whom requested anonymity - who either witnessed the altercation as the pair's paths crossed in the corridors following the loss or had knowledge of the argument confirmed that the threat was made.
"It was an emboldened discussion but at no stage did I hear John say that," Tiley said yesterday. "That is a non-negotiable with me. To represent your country is the highest honour and had he said that, I would have told him - and any other parent making a threat like that - to go ahead."
The tirade, which ended with Tiley ordering Tomic to a meeting to discuss the problem the following day, evoked unsettling memories for those aware of the circumstances surrounding Jelena Dokic's troubled exit from the Open 10 years earlier.
http://www.theaustralian.com.a.....frg7mf-1225824884772 for much more!
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