Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Ferderer fulfils a deadman's wish....

Nick Newlife a die hard tennis fan of Roger Federer predicted that Roger will win seven Wimbledon title almost a decade ago.Nick has helped a charity foundation Oxfam to win an a price money of pound 100k { Rs 87.50 lakhs }. Nick had placed a bet of pounds 1520 { Rs 1.30 lakhs } in 2003 on the Swiss tennis maestro to win Wimbledon by 2019, at odds 66-1.

Newlife who died in 2009 bequeathed his betting slip to the charity in his will, with the Oxfam bosses watching the exiting final on Sunday the 8th July 2012 had won them the astonishing sum .

Nick was a bachelor who passed away in 2009 at the age of 69, was staying alone in the countryside village  in a three bedroom house. Oxfam were closely following the matches of Wimbledon last year they narrowly missed out of the huge sum when Federer lost the final.Newlife died in 2009, with no family and friends left his worldly belongings to charity Oxfam.       

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