First it was James Blake beating Roger Federer, and then it was Elena Dementieva beating Serena Williams, and now we have another big story coming out of Olympic tennis: China's Li Na pulled off a shocking upset, defeating Team USA's Venus Williams, 7-5, 7-5.
Williams, who won the golds in both singles and doubles in 2000, was widely considered a favorite to win gold again this year, but Li put on an inspired performance in front of a home crowd that cheered enthusiastically when the American and defending Wimbledon champ went down to defeat.
The Williams sisters are still alive -- and widely favored -- for the doubles gold. But if the Americans are going to win a singles medal in these Games, it will have to come from James Blake. Who would have suspected that?
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8-15-2008 @ 1:47AM
George B Vieto said...
The Williams sisters should win the gold medal in doubles. Sorry to see that both sisters got eliminated in the singles competition.
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8-15-2008 @ 7:56PM
cathy said...
I am sorry about the loss but this is bull, I thought the Olympics were not supposed to be about professionals.
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