Wimbledon 2022 This article is more than 1 year oldAustralia’s Matt Ebden and Max Purcell emulate Woodies with Wimbledon doubles titleThis article is more than 1 year oldPair beat Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in epic five-set finalCroatian Pavić plays entire match with broken right hand Matt Ebden and Max Purcell dug deep to join some of the greats of Australian tennis as Wimbledon men’s doubles champions. Two days after saving five match points in the semi-final, Ebden and Purcell battled for four hours, 11 minutes on Saturday to defeat Croatia’s defending champions Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-2) in an equally epic title match. Read More...
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There was a time when East Anglia’s fenland was nothing more than a silty mix of fresh- and saltwater marshes into which people rarely ventured, an unstable place with one foot on solid ground and one in the sea. Attempts were made to drain it as far back as Roman times, but it wasn’t until the 19th century that technology advanced to the point where its freedom from flooding could be guaranteed. Read More...
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