DUBAI: American-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid and tennis star Serena Williams will be joining forces to play a virtual charity tennis match on May 3.
The duo, who have been friends for a while, will play live on Facebook’s recently launched Facebook Gaming app.
The participants will all receive $25,000 to donate to a charity of their choice. (Instagram)
Organized by IMG Tennis, the model-athlete competition will feature Hailey Bieber and Naomi Osaka, Karlie Kloss and Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and DeAndre Hopkins, and more.
The participants will all receive $25,000 to donate to a charity of their choice. The winners will get an additional $1 million to donate.
Hadid, who confirmed on Thursday she is expecting a baby with former One Direction singer Zayn Malik on Jimmy Fallon’s show, took to Instagram to say: “Probably the only time I'll ever have the honor of playing doubles with my S!”
The mother-to-be announced she will be playing for non-profit organization Feeding America.
