In recent times, Czechoslovakian-American tennis legend Martina Navratilova has become one of the most outspoken personalities on social media. Often, we see her expressing her views regarding tennis and other political matters. She has also changed the display photo of her official Twitter account to a Ukrainian flag, which says, ‘I stand With Ukraine.’

Notably, she has been a true supporter of Ukraine during the recent conflict with Russia. Apart from her, many other celebrities and sports personalities also showed their support for the country, including the famous Hollywood actor, Ben Stiller. Recently, Navratilova took to Twitter and applauded the actor for his support for Ukraine. 

Martina Navratilova applauds Ben Stiller for supporting Ukraine

Earlier, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, posted a video on their official Twitter account where Ben Stiller gave a very powerful message. He said, “Hey, I’m Ben Stiller and I’m here in Ukraine. I’m meeting people who have been impacted by the war and hearing out how it’s changed their lives. War and violence are devastating people all over the world. Nobody chooses to flee their home. Seeking safety is a right. And it needs to be upheld for every person.”

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Then, Navratilova retweeted that video and, in the caption, she wrote, “Well done Ben!!!”

Notably, Ben Stiller is a goodwill ambassador of UNHCR and was there in Ukraine to support the affected people.  

When Ben Stiller played tennis with Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro

In 2013, Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro played an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden. Halfway through the game, Nadal decided to make the game more interesting. So, he asked Stiller to play doubles with him, who was stunning in the front row.

In reply, the Argentine tennis player also called an eight-year-old girl to play doubles with him. Safe to say, the crowd was going crazy after every point. 

Speaking about it, Stiller once said, “So Nadal serves it and the girl hits it back perfectly across the net, the crowd cheers. It comes to me, boom, right into the net. Basically we played four more points, every time the girl hits it, every time I hit it back into the net. And Del Potro puts the girl on his shoulders, they’re cheering. I didn’t make eye contact with Nadal, my wife, anybody.”

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Recently, the actor appeared in the Indian Wells to see the match between Nadal and Nick Kyrgios. During the match, he was unexpectedly pulled into an argument between the Aussie and a heckler in the crowd. Nevertheless, Stiller has always been a tennis fan, and he is particularly a big fan of the great Spaniard, Rafael Nadal.