Post Tagged with: "2012 London Olympics"
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Serena Williams Achieves Career Golden Slam, Plays Unbelievable Tennis Against Sharapova
American Serena Williams won her first Olympic singles gold medal after an astonishing performance against Russia’s Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s final of the 2012 London Olympic games. Williams, playing possibly her best tennis of this year, didn’t allow Sharapova hardly anything on her way to a breathtaking 6-0 6-1 victory. [...] -
Victory for Andy Murray sets up Olympic Final showdown with Roger Federer
You can see the full match report here: Murray – Djokovic Match Commentary In front of a packed and vociferous Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon, home favourite Andy Murray booked his place in the Olympic Gold Medal match by defeating second seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-5, 7-5. In a [...] -
Murray beats Djokovic for a place in Olympics final, plays Federer for gold
You can see the full match report here: Murray – Djokovic game by game report Brit Andy Murray put on a superb performance in his Olympics semifinal match against the Serb Novak Djokovic, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-5. He will now play Federer for the gold medal in [...] -
Bryan Brothers to play against Tsonga/Llodra for Olympic gold
Both men’s doubles semi final matches were played at Wimbledon under sunny skies yesterday. In the first match, the number one seeded Bryans twins from America, Bob and Mike, took another step closer to their first Olympic gold medal, when they were victorious over the French team of Julian Benneteau [...] -
Federer Earns Spot in Olympic Final after Marathon Third Set against del Potro
A windy Centre Court played host to the first of the men’s singles semifinals at London 2012. World no. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland and no. 8 Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina battled each other in 4+ hour match that featured, wind, nerves and resolve. In the end, the [...] -
Sharapova triumphant in all-Russian semi-final at the Olympics
When both Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko made it to the semi-finals, Russia knew it was guaranteed at least a silver but it was to be Sharapova’s day, convincingly beating Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3. It was a fantastic result for Sharapova who maintained the fine form she’s been showing throughout the [...] -
Bryan Bros reach Olympics semis, will face Benneteau/Gasquet next
A day after the unseeded Israeli team of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich overcame the reigning Olympic champions, Roger Federer and Stanislaw Wawrinka of Switzerland in three sets, they were back on court to take on the ATP’s number one ranked pair from America, the Bryan twins, Bob and Mike. [...] -
Kirilenko upsets Kvitova and advances into Olympics SFs
The rapidly improving and very stylish fourteenth seeded Russian player, Maria Kirilenko, held her nerve earlier today to overcome 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic who was seeded six in this Olympic competition in straight sets, 7-6 (7-3) 6-3. Kirilenko was the steadier player in this encounter [...] -
Azarenka reaches Olympics semis after beating Kerber
Number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus pounded her way into the semi finals of the Olympic tennis competition earlier today, when she took out the equally hard hitting seventh seed from Germany, Angelique Kerber, in straight sets, 6-4 7-5. In a tight match which lasted an hour and three [...] -
Olympic second seed Novak Djokovic through to the Semi-Final
Thursday saw the men’s singles Olympic Quarter Finals take place at Wimbledon and one of the most eagerly anticipated matches saw fifth seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France take on second seed and former Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Djokovic had been taken to three sets in the first round [...] -
Olympics: Tsonga Brushes Aside Fatigue and Defeats Feliciano Lopez to Reach QFs
After Tsonga’s marathon match in R2 against Milos Raonic yesterday, which he won 25-23 in the deciding set, tennis observers would have been well-justified to suspect that Tsonga would not be able to withstand the pressure of another match against a formidable, if not always consistent, opponent in Feliciano [...] -
Venus Williams bows out of Olympic tournament as Kim Clijsters powers through
Five time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams crashed out of the 2012 London Olympic Tennis tournament as seventh seed Angelique Kerber of Germany won in straight sets to progress to the Quarter Finals. Williams was broke as early as the second game but managed to break back in the eighth to [...] -
Juan Martin Del Potro marches on to the Olympic Quarter Finals
At Wimbledon on Wednesday, eighth seed in the Men’s Olympic Tennis tournament, Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro faced twelfth seed Gilles Simon of France for a place in the last eight. Del Potro had enjoyed a fairly comfortable route through to the third round of the competition, having not dropped [...]
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