Sinner leads Italy to Davis Cup semifinals; Australia edges past USA
Defending champions Italy advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals on Thursday after defeating Argentina 2-1, with world No 1 Jannik Sinner winning the singles and doubles match.
A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing heat for two days until a drone found her, police said on Monday.
The 26-year-old vanished from her home in Lightning Ridge on Friday after going for a walk, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation.
She apparently tripped and fell down the eight-metre (26 -foot) deep shaft, police said, surviving despite daytime temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius.
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“The woman is lucky to be alive after police rescued her from a mine shaft in the state’s north-west,” New South Wales police said.
“She was brought to the surface with the assistance of an officer using a pulley and harness, and provided water.”
The woman, who was found on Sunday, was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
Lightning Ridge, some 770 km northwest of Sydney, is a world-renowned black opal mining centre, attracting hundreds of fossickers looking to hit the jackpot.
Small-time miners have dug countless vertical shafts in the area, with some dating back decades.
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