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Photos: Serena, Nadal and Murray participate in Madrid charity exhibition

Andy Murray (left) and Rafael Nadal (second from right) play a charity exhibition at the Madrid Open. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray,
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Photos: Serena, Nadal and Murray participate in Madrid charity exhibition
Photos: Serena, Nadal and Murray participate in Madrid charity exhibition

Andy Murray (left) and Rafael Nadal (second from right) play a charity exhibition at the Madrid Open. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, and Serena Williams were just some of the players who helped kick off the Madrid Open this weekend, participating in a charity event with other Spanish athletes to raise money for the Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas' foundations.

The athletes goofed around on court, playing a number of different sports, including tennis, a combination of tennis and soccer (during which Serena comically avoids the soccer ball like the plague) and even volleyball.

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Photos and highlights from the event below.

The most notable thing in this picture? Goodness gracious, how tall is Atletico Madrid's Thibaut Courtois? No wonder he's a goalkeeper. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Rafa would like you to know that Andy Murray probably touched the net. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Number One and Number One. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Here's a clip of Rafa and Serena playing mixed doubles against Agnieszka Radwanska and Casillas. That's ... a bit of a mismatch:

http://youtu.be/KQYwYI-tq34

And here is Serena staying as far away from the soccer ball as possible:

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.

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