Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova is donating 10,000 dollars to help victims of the tsunamis that hit Thailand. 
 
The Russian starlet will play an exhibition match in Thailand against Venus Williams. She arrived in Bangkok late Wednesday (Dec 29th).

Deputy Prime Minister and tennis association head Suwat Liptapanlop said Sharapova had notified him about her plans.

The fund, launched on Tuesday, had already received donations of more than 100 million baht, about 2.7 million U.S dollars.

Although a gala dinner to be held for Sharapova and Williams would be cancelled out of respect for the dead, the match scheduled for January two in the northern city of Chiang Mai will go ahead.

Editor: Wing