TORONTO – Organizers of an upcoming tennis exhibition at Air Canada Centre are adding a little homegrown Hollywood star power to their lineup.
Canadian actor Hayden Christensen will appear with Team Sampras during the celebrity mixed doubles portion of “The Face-Off.” The headline match at the Nov. 17 event will be 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras against rising Canadian star Milos Raonic.
Raonic and Sampras have never played each other before. It will be the first time the American has played in Canada since his retirement. WTA player Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., and rising junior star Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., will also take part in the exhibition.
Like Raonic, Christensen grew up in Thornhill, Ont., just north of Toronto.
His breakout acting role came as the young Anakin Skywalker in the “Star Wars” trilogy prequel. Christensen’s other film credits include “Vanishing on Seventh Street,” “Takers” and “The Virgin Suicides.”
Comments