Kyrgios Inspires Kids, Brown Helps With Hospital Donation

  • Posted: Jun 16, 2016

Kyrgios Inspires Kids, Brown Helps With Hospital Donation

It hasn’t all been about tennis for players this week. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.

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Aegon Championships – London, Great Britain

Andy Murray got a visit from David Beckham at The Queen’s Club. Beckham’s son Romeo is a huge tennis fan and had a hit with the Scot. Watch Video

Milos Raonic soaked in some British history at a famous landmark ahead of the tournament. Watch Video 

John Isner, Kyle Edmund, Marcelo Melo, Rohan Bopanna, James Ward and Marcin Matkowski gave heir time for the Children in Need charity pro-am.

Nick Kyrgios spent time with future British tennis stars at the Tennis for Kids clinic. Watch Video 

Gilles Simon, Roberto Bautista Agut and Edmund visited the Moet Chandon suite, Steve Johnson stopped by the Aegon, BNP and Haagen Dazs suites and Raonic made an appearance for sponsors Aegon and Ricoh.

Moet and Chandon off-court news 

Gerry Weber Open – Halle, Germany           

Home favourite Dustin Brown visited Children’s Hospital Bethel, just outside of Halle, to present a cheque of 15,000 on behalf of the Gerry Weber Open. Brown met hospital staff and made the presentation in the Roger Federer Kitchen, which was financed by the tournament, before making private visits to two young children being treated in the hospital. View Photo

The Gerry Weber Open has supported the hospital since 2005, with Federer, Tommy Haas and Alexander Waske all visiting in the past.

“It really was very interesting,” said Brown. “I’m always keen to give back and the tournament has shown a lot of confidence in me over the past few years. I asked about the kids because at first I thought it was just a cancer station and I was shocked when I saw a five-week-old kid, but then they said it’s also for babies that are born too early or with viral infections. That’s obviously not great, but it soothed me a little bit, because I felt really bad. It’s great from the Webers to give back in the region.” 

Daylong ambassador Philipp Kohlschreiber attended an autograph session and their booth on site. The sunscreen brand has been handing out sample products and doing giveaways at the tournament all week long. View Photo

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