The 11-year-old boy who will flip coin at Wimbledon
July 10, 2016  18:33
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Whether Andy Murray secures his second Wimbledon title or Milos Raonic claims his first Grand Slam victory, a schoolboy from Croydon, South London, will forever be able to look back at The 130th Championships and say he was there, on Centre Court, when another chapter in tennis history was written.

Eleven-year-old Yousef Maza will walk to the net in the company of Championships' Referee Andrew Jarrett to perform the coin toss which signals the start of the sporting combat that is the Gentlemen's Singles Final.

Yousef, who attends Links Primary School in Tooting, represents Jigsaw4u, a Mitcham-based charity supported by the Wimbledon Foundation.

Jigsaw4u helps children and young people through trauma, loss and bereavement. 

We chose Yousef because we knew this experience would create a memory for him that he would never ever forget, said Jenny Harwood, Mentoring Project Co-ordinator at Jigsaw4u.

Yousefs response was duly rewarding. When I was chosen to perform the Coin Toss I put my hand over my mouth and started screaming and then all my friends started screaming. It was just so exhilarating, he said.
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