{"id":28623,"date":"2020-06-19T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/?p=28623"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:27:49","slug":"the-double-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/en\/news\/the-double-at-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"The double at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Who said a Spanish player couldn\u2019t succeed at Wimbledon? 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