{"id":109487,"date":"2020-02-10T10:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109487"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:16:53","slug":"match-africa-share-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/10\/match-africa-share-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Match in Africa &#8211; share your experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa is without a doubt, a sport-loving country but since the &#8217;95 Rugby World Cup, a nation has never displayed as much spirit and unity.<\/p>\n<p>The Match in Africa, that took place on home soil, at the Cape Town Stadium on 7 February, saw a world record number of spectators after 51 945 tennis lovers flocked to the pavilions.<\/p>\n<p>The exciting match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was in service of the South African nation and the two Grand-Slammers put frills aside for the purpose of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators were blown away by a game of doubles showcasing the local comedian, Trevor Noah and tech mogul, Bill Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you bought your tickets to watch live or tuned in on television, it&#8217;s a guarantee that you watched the game.<\/p>\n<p>Share your experience of the Match in Africa with us and send us an email to\u00a0<b>sjani@mobserver.co.za<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The titanic battle between Federer and Nadal was a match that far transcended any sport gathering in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[23206,10010,23202,23203,12898,23205,23204,10333],"class_list":["post-109487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-federer-vs-nadal-in-match-in-africa","tag-local-news","tag-match-in-africa","tag-match-in-africa-federer-vs-nadal","tag-middelburg-news","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-roger-federer","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["federer vs nadal in match in africa","local news","match in africa","match in africa federer vs nadal","middelburg news","rafael nadal","roger federer","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}