By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday August 23, 2023
US Open fan week hit a new high—for a worthy cause—in Louis Armstrong Stadium on Wednesday night.
NBA superstar and tennis fanatic Jimmy Butler shared the court with Grammy Award-winning singer Sebastián Yatra, US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz and US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe.
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Butler, a big fan of Big Foe, Alcaraz and Coco Gauff, routinely attends the Miami Open and showed his ball boy skills.
It was all part of the US Open's Stars of the Open event, which raised $320,000 for Ukraine humanitarian relief before a an engaged and capacity crowd of 14,000 inside Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Butler and Yatra stole the show while sharing the court with world No. 1 Alcaraz and Tiafoe, who went nose-to-nose at net for this rally that fired up fans.
Hall of Famer John McEnroe and world No. 3 Jessica Pegula then defeated Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini and Hall of Famer Gabriela Sabatini with the support of "Ace," a service dog with the K9s for Warriors program.
Elina Svitolina and husband Gael Monfils closed out the event with a mixed doubles match vs. Americans Chris Eubanks and Jennifer Brady.
Photo credit: Pete Staples/USTA