Men's Singles

Tennis Beijing Olympics

Gold medal favorite:

Venue: Olympic Green Tennis Center

Nadal defeats Gonzalez to win Olympic gold

Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to win the gold medal in the men’s single tennis at the Beijing Olympics.
Novak Djokovic from Serbia won the bronze medal.

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Rafael Nadal to face Fernando Gonzalez for the gold medal

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Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the semi-final 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in a match that went until 12:21 a.m.
Fernando Gonzalez beat James Blake 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 to move into the final against Nadal on Sunday.

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Quote of the day - James Blake

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“One day I’ll be able to tell my kids and grandkids that I beat the best of all time.”
– James Blake, after beating Roger Federer

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Federer out of the Beijing Olympics

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Roger Federer is out of the Beijing Olympics after losing to James Blake from the United States.
He lost in the quarter finals this evening (Thursday). Everyone was expecting a Sunday final with Nadal and Federer.

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Day 4 in the tennis - preview

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Here is a preview of the tennis matches being played today in Beijing. Today (August 13) players are competing for berths in the quarterfinals of the Men’s and Women’s Singles and Men’s Doubles events at the Olympic green tennis center.
Men’s Singles, Third Round (last 16)
Roger Federer of Switzerland plays Tomas Berdych of the [...]

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Lleyton Hewitt sets record for longest tennis match

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Lleyton Hewitt Hewitt and his partner Chris Guccione beat Agustin Calleri and Juan Monaco from Argentina 4-6 7-6 18-16.
The match went for a record breaking 3 hours and 17 minutes. The previous record was held by Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde who beat Dutch pair Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 6-2 5-7 18-16 [...]

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Roger Federer beats Dmitry Tursunover in two sets

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Roger Federer won his first round match beating Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-2.
The match was delayed for 24 hours because of rain on Sunday.
“I based my schedule around the Olympic Games,” he told reporters. “It hurt to lose the Wimbledon final and then the speculation starts about me losing my number one ranking but [...]