Gone in under 10 minutes! 48,000 Nadal vs Federer tickets

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 02:53:04 +0000

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South African tennis fans bought 48,000 tickets in under 10 minutes Wednesday for a Cape Town exhibition match next February between world superstars Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

The game at the Cape Town Stadium, built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is set to break the attendance record of 35,681 for a tennis match set by Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams in 2010 in Brussels.

Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer

A spokeswoman for the organisers of the Cape Town match said the tickets were snapped up online and at ticket outlets.

“We are overwhelmed by the enthusiastic reaction on our ticke
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