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		</div><p>Andy Murray will swap a tennis racket for a games controller when he takes part in a virtual Madrid Open later this month.</p>
<p>The Scot and Lucas Pouille were announced as the first two ATP players in the draw on Thursday night, as the tennis world raises money during the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>The Madrid Open was scheduled to be held from May 1-10 but has been postponed as both the ATP and WTA Tours have shut down their calendars until at least the middle of July because of the global crisis.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">More news! ð <a href="https://twitter.com/andy_murray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andy_murray</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AngeliqueKerber?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AngeliqueKerber</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlaSuarezNava?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CarlaSuarezNava</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/la_pouille?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@la_pouille</a> are playing in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MMOPEN?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MMOPEN</a> Virtual Pro! ð® What do you think of the first competitors? ð<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlayAtHome?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlayAtHome</a> <a href="https://t.co/t4y7wd38Ba">pic.twitter.com/t4y7wd38Ba</a></p>
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<p>However, the clay-court tournament has decided to create an e-sports replica of its event titled the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro which will take place from April 27-30, with Murray and Pouille taking part.</p>
<p>Pouille told the official ATP website: <em>“This is going to be a very exciting challenge.</em></p>
<p><em>“I’ve already started training because I want to win this tournament against my tennis peers as I know they play a lot.</em></p>
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<p><em>“Thank you to the Mutua Madrid Open for this great initiative.”</em></p>
<p>Male and female winners will both be given a prize fund of 150,000 euros (£132,000) and they will get to decide how much goes to tennis players facing financial hardship without any tournaments to enter.</p>
<p>A further 50,000 euros (£44,000) will go towards reducing the social impact of Covid-19.</p>
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