Published 13:49 IST, January 2nd 2020

Nick Kyrgios's noble gesture to help Australia bushfire victims wins hearts on internet

Australia bushfires have wreaked havoc across the country over the last couple of days. World No. 30 Nick Kyrgios urged Tennis Australia to act on the incident.

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Holidaymakers and Australian residents have been forced to evacuate  country's souast coast courtesy raging forest fires. Around 500 million animals are estimated to have died in calamity of Australia bushfire, which includes a third of koalas in New South Wales' main habitat. With bushfires wreaking havoc across country, country's top tennis star Nick Kyrgios has decided to work on raising funds for  firefighters and communities affected by bushfires. 

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World . 30 Nick Kyrgios urges Tennis Australia to organise exhibition event 

Nick Kyrgios sent out a tweet on New Year's Day to Tennis Australia. In his tweet, current World . 30 urged Tennis Australia to organise an exhibition event in order to raise funds for victims of Australia bushfire. Nick Kyrgios' idea was for Tennis Australia to organise a pre-Australian Open event of sorts. Incidentally, his tweet found immediate support from ar Australian tennis star John Millman, who commended Nick Kyrgios for idea and also called upon Tennis Australia to act on incident. 

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It did t take too long for Tennis Australia to issue a reply to Nick Kyrgios' plea. official Twitter account of Tennis Australia replied to Nick Kyrgios' plea, saying that an anuncement was in works regarding Kyrgios' ingenious idea. A number of tennis stars including likes of World .1 Rafael Nal and . 2 vak Djokovic are currently in Australia preparing for ATP Cup. ATP Cup is scheduled to commence on January 3. 

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13:49 IST, January 2nd 2020