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TEN-TIME Wimbledon doubles champion Todd Woodbridge has suffered a heart attack aged just 51. The Aussie described the shock incident as a "wake-up call" even for the fittest of middle-aged people and declared "it can happen to anybody". Woodbridge suffered a shock heart attack despite leading a healthy lifestyle Woodbridge (right) and Mark Woodforde holding their trophies after winning their Men’s Doubles final at Wimbledon in 2000Credit: EPA Woodbridge was exercising when he started to feel chest pains. The ten-time Wimbledon doubles champ told the Herald: "It was last Thursday, I tried to keep my routine having travelled to the...

Things turned spicy on Channel 9 this morning during a heated debate about Australian tennis legend Margaret Court. The panel on Sports Sunday was discussing how Tennis Australia (TA) handled its announcement yesterday it had invited Court to attend the Australian Open as a special guest to mark the 50-year anniversary of her incredible 1970 Grand Slam, when she won all four majors. In the same statement yesterday, TA also delivered Court a stinging backhand by saying it does not agree with her views that gay marriage should not be legal, which have “hurt and demeaned many in our community”....