atp world tour tennis gala 2011 - launch of the atp world tour finals at the o2 and fundraiser for great ormond street hospital

as the sporting juggernaut that is the atp world tour tennis finals rolled in to london's o2 for 2011, the boiler house event venue at battersea power station was honoured to be chosen to stage its opening night gala in aid of great ormond street chlidren's hospital.

the event raised a staggering £400,000 for great ormond street and was graced by the presence of 11-year-old henry parrot, an amazing young man who survived a brain tumour with great ormond street's unique care and got to meet his tennis heroes at the gala.

the red carpet was rolled out outside the power station to greet the world's very best men's tennis players as the legendary roger federer, rafael nadal, world number one novak djokovic, andy murray, jo-wilfried tsonga and their rivals in this year's ultra-exclusive atp world tour finals walked the long red carpet into the boiler house venue.

singer k t tunstall, it turns out, is a major tennis fan and played a live set to round off the glittering event, rocking the boiler house venue with her worldwide hit the black horse and the cherry tree.