Posts Tagged Olympics
Day 8; Family Pictures !
Men’s Singles Medalists, Beijing Olympics 2008;
Women’s Singles Medalists, Beijing Olympics 2008;
Men’s Doubles Medalists, Beijing Olympics 2008;
Women’s Doubles Medalists, Beijing Olympics 2008;
Day 8; Williams Sisters take gold !
Yep they made my week a lot better by winning this one ! Well done girls !!!
Day 7; Men’s Doubles Medalists
Silver for Sweden, Gold for Switzerland, Bronze for USA
Day 7; Tennis Medalists
Men’s Singles Bronze;
Novak Djokovic
Men’s Doubles Gold;
R. Federer & S. Wawrinka
Men’s Doubles Gold;
T. Johansson & S. Aspelin
Men’s Doubles Bronze;
B. Bryan & M. Bryan
Day 7; Sisters to the Final !
4 6 6 Williams/Williams
6 4 1 Bondarenko/Bondarenko
USA UKR
Aces: 7 1
Double Faults: 10 5
First Serve: 58 % 68 %
1st serve pts won: 77 % 51 %
2nd serve pts won: 46 % 62 %
Break pts won: 26 % 30 %
The USA, will at least have another silver medal, and probably will have a gold one. So Sweet !
After dropping the first set by 64, Serena and Venus kept the pressure high and went on to take the next set by 6-4. In the tird set it seemed that the tone was set, a high pace from the Williams’ side, resulting into a breezy 6-1.
[2] Serena Williams/Venus Williams d. [6] Alona Bondarenko/Kataryna Bondarenko 46 64 61
Stats are here.
In the final they will play, China or Spain. I’m not gonna write their names yet. Too much work.
Day 7; Schedule
OGT Center Court, 16:00
Li Na vs [6] Dinara Safina
[8] James Blake vs [3] Novak Djokovic
[4] R Federer/S Wawrinka vs T Johansson/S Aspelin
OGT Show Court 1, 16:00
[9] Vera Zvonareva vs [5] Elena Dementieva
[1] M Bryan/B Bryan vs M Llodra/A Clement
[8] J Zheng/Z Yan vs [4] A Medina Garrigues/V Ruano Pascual
OGT Show Court 2, 17:00
[2] S Williams/V Williams vs [6] A Bondarenko/K Bondarenko
Day 6; Williams Sisters Through !!!
6 6 Williams/Williams
4 0 Vesnina/Zvonareva *
USA RUS
Aces: 5 1
Double Faults: 4 4
First Serve: 60 % 63 %
1st serve pts won: 72 % 50 %
2nd serve pts won: 68 % 47 %
Break pts won: 44 % /
Serena and Venus Williams started the match out fast, with powering from all sides of the court. They managed to win the first set with 1-break. In the second set, they both started out extremely aggressive with directly taking a 3-0 lead. They however, didn’t stop to bagel and take the second set by 60.
[2] Serena Williams/Venus Williams d. Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva 64 60.
Stats are here.
Tomorrow they will play their semifinal against the Bondarenko sisters. This match will probably take place on show court 2 at 17:00 [GMT+08]
