Roger Federer and Bill Gates play a tennis match for a cause

Roger Federer and Bill Gates

Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer celebrates a point with US billionaire partner Bill Gates during an exhibition match against Jack Sock and Savannah Guthrie at San Jose (United States) yesterday.

Federer helped raise $2.5 million-plus for his foundation, which benefits early education for kids in Africa and his home country of Switzerland. Federer added that his foundation has donated more than $35 million that has helped build schools in impoverished countries. Pic/AP,PTI

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