A charity event at the US Open exhibition featured NBA great Jimmy Butler, Frances Tiafoe, Carlos Alcaraz, and Sebastián Yatra, and it raised $320,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

Ukraine is still at war with Russia after its invasion in February 2022. Butler led the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals last season before losing to the Denver Nuggets.

Butler competed in doubles with Tiafoe against the reigning champion Alcaraz and Grammy winner Yatra. Butler initially showed up as a ball boy, but he later challenged Alcaraz by taking Frances Tiafoe’s racket. His “drop shot” plan was a total hit.

Carlos Alcaraz in 2023

Carlos Alcaraz

34 - 6win/loss

Hard
13-2
Clay
13-3
Grass
8-1
Rank
3
High
1
21 year old
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Indian WellsFrench OpenWimbledon
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Currently ranked no.1, Alcaraz played his last contest on the 20th of August when he surrendered to world no.2 Novak Djokovic 5-7 7-6(7) 7-6(4) in the final in Cincinnati (draw).

Currently, during this year the Spaniard achieved a 53-6 match record. The Spaniard has won 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Alcaraz got to the final in Rio de Janeiro and Cincinnati.

Alcaraz has scheduled to compete next at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 28th of August.

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Alcaraz's Record

Frances Tiafoe in 2023

Frances Tiafoe

16 - 17win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-6
Grass
3-3
Rank
29
High
10
26 year old
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Houston
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Currently ranked no.10 (career-high), Frances played his last match on the 16th of August when he was defeated by world no.49 Stan Wawrinka 6-3 6-4

in the 2nd round in Cincinnati (draw).

Currently, during this year Tiafoe has a composed 33-14 win-loss record. The American has won 3 titles in 2023 in Australia, Houston and Stuttgart.

Tiafoe has scheduled to compete next at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 28th of August.

Cincinnati
Tiafoe's Record

Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe clashed against each other only on 2 occasions. Their head to head is 1-1. The last time they competed against each other, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2022.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.

Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe

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