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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.

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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