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Federer, Nadal play to record crowd in Cape Town

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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attracted what organisers said was a world record crowd for a tennis match when they played an exhibition event in the Cape Town Stadium.

The organisers said an audited attendance of 51,954 beat the 42,517 who watched Federer play Alexander Zverev of Germany in Mexico City last November.

They also announced that the ‘Match in Africa’ raised USD 3.5-million for the Roger Federer Foundation, which supports educational and athletic programmes for children in Africa.