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Nadal, Dementieva, Williams sisters strike gold

cnn.com     Aug 18, 2008   114 related          

He is the first player ranked in the top five to win the gold Rafael Nadal has won 38 of his past 39 matches, including victories over Federer in the finals at the French Open and Wimbledon. As Rafael Nadal stood in front of...                    

Olympic Tennis Final Results

b5media.com     Aug 17, 2008   21 related          

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....                    

Williams sisters win gold

chicagotribune.com     Aug 18, 2008   62 related          

By BILL DWYRE | Times Staff Writer Serena and Venus Williams celebrate winning gold. Put an Olympic gold medal in front of the Williams sisters, send them out to play doubles, and they are like kids in a candy store. For the...                    

Nadal becomes Olympic champion

upi.com     Aug 17, 2008   430 related          

of Spain added an Olympic gold to his amazing season Sunday and Russia swept the medals in women's tennis. Venus and Serena Williams, meanwhile, at least partly made up for their disappointing exit from singles action by...                    

Phelps eight confirms legendary Olympic status (AFP)

yahoo.com     Aug 17, 2008   3,935 related          

by Chris Foley 11 minutes ago BEIJING (AFP) - Michael Phelps cemented his place in Olympics history Sunday, capping a sensational week by becoming the first athlete ever to win eight gold medals in one Games. The 23-year-old...                    

'Go China!' no longer enough for Olympic fans

iht.com     Aug 17, 2008   10 related          

The South Korean baseball team's cheerleaders sashayed in a flawless line, bellowing out the national victory song. Yu Ling, watching in awe with his fellow Chinese fans, had a serious case of cheer envy. All we have is 'Zhong...                    

Russia makes clean sweep in women’s singles tennis

2008gamesbeijing.com     Aug 17, 2008   1 related          

Russia has made a clean sweep of the medals in the women's single tennis at the Beijing Olympics. Elena Dementieva beat Dinara Safina 3-6, 7-5 and 6-3 for the gold medal. Vera Zvonareva beat China's Li Na 6-0 and 7-5 in the...                    

Federer's 1st Olympic medal comes on doubles court

nwsource.com     Aug 16, 2008   88 related          

BEIJING -- Roger Federer extended his arms in triumph and began to hop. Then he embraced his doubles partner and they hopped together. Federer had waited awhile for a big victory to celebrate, and when the chance came he was...                    

BEIJING BEAT: Phelps, China dominate opening week

iht.com     Aug 16, 2008   1,855 related          

There were two juggernauts in the spotlight of Week One at the Olympics, smashing records, making history. One was the deep, determined Chinese team, amassing an astounding 27 gold medals to far outpace all rivals. The other...                    

Olympic tennis results (updated)

people.com.cn     Aug 16, 2008   1 related          

Following are the results from the Beijing Olympic tennis event on Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's singles bronze medal match: 3-Novak Djokovic, Serbia, bt 8-James Blake, United States, 6-3, 7-6(4 Women's...