Serena Williams showed her softer side on Thursday as she spoke of her meeting with a sick five-year-old boy at Wimbledon.
Jack Marshall, from Scunthorpe in northern England, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2009. His mother Tracy has contacted a number of celebrities via social networking site Twitter to help spread awareness of his illness and raise money to support him and other sufferers.
His Twitter feed has nearly 40,000 followers, among them Serena.
Jack met Manchester United stars including Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney in April, and even gave England striker Rooney a kiss on the cheek.
On Thursday, he was on Court 2 to watch Williams beat Simona Halep in the second round. A day earlier, he met the 13-time Grand Slam champion, who has just made her return from nearly a year out with health problems.
“I read his story, and my heart kind of went out for him,” Williams said. “I was like, Oh, my God. That was one thing, I thought if I made it to Wimbledon, I wanted to invite Jack out.
From: http://ping.fm/En3VR
Popular Posts
-
A moderate intensity earthquake today shook the Kashmir Valley but there were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. “An earthquak...
-
Team Anna today attacked the Government for its failure to get Lokpal Bill passed by Rajya Sabha and accused it of not doing enough home wor...
-
As the 125th edition of Wimbledon heads into its second week, all of the principal story lines are still there to be followed. From: http://...
-
A Pakistani doctor who ran a fake vaccination campaign for the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was today sentenced to 33 years of rigorous ...
-
Australian opener David Warner has said his team should expect a backlash from the West Indies team in the second T20 match between the two ...
-
All may not be well between Prince Charles and his wife Camilla - the two are reportedly leading separate lives as she has been struggling t...
-
In a startling move, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Prabhat Jha today urged President Pratibha Patil to accept his request for “death by wish” in ...
-
After the angry outburst of its chief Sharad Yadav, the JD(U) today said it’s going ahead with the task of shortlisting candidates for aroun...
-
Gay pride celebrations were held in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paolo, on Sunday, as thousands of revellers braved heavy rain and marched...
-
Watch Top 20 news stories at breakneck speed on India TV in its T20 programme. Find breaking news, India news, top stories, elections, polit...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment