Olympic Tennis Final Results
August 17, 2008 by Sandy Mitchell
Filed under Sports Rumors, Tennis
The Olympic tennis events concluded on Sunday. Sisters Venus and Serena Williams of the United States defeated Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual for the Gold Medal in the women’s doubles competition.
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China defeated Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko of Russia to earn the Bronze Medal.
Venus and Serena Williams won the Gold Medal in the women’s doubles tennis competition at the Sydney Games in 2000.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal continued his winning ways for the men’s singles Olympic Gold Medal, defeating Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez in three sets: 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3. Nadal gives Spain its first ever Gold Medal in tennis and secures his new #1 spot in the world tennis rankings, ousting Roger Federer from the place he’s held for more than four years. Nadal has won 38 of his last 39 matches.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic topped American James Blake for the Bronze Medal.
Russia swept the medals in the women’s singles competition, with Elena Dementieva defeating her countryman Dinara Safina in three sets: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Vera Zvonareva defeated China’s Li Na for the Bronze Medal.
This is the first time since 1908 that one country has swept an Olympic tennis event.
Americans Venus and Serena Williams were eliminated from the tournament earlier in the week.
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