Venus and Serena Williams win doubles title at Beijing Olympics
The Williams sisters of the United States defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2 6-0 to take the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Venus's and Serena's doubles record at...
Elena Dementieva wins Olympic gold, Russians take all medals
Elena Dementieva is the singles gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics, having defeated fellow Russian Dinara Safina 3-6 7-5 6-3.
What an achievement for Russian tennis, all the three medals were taken by Russian players...
Serena and Venus Williams into doubles final at the Beijing Olympics
The Williams sisters weren't so successful in singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but in doubles they beat Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4 4-6 6-1 to reach the final.
The final in Beijing...
Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva in the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva will fight for the gold medal in an all-Russian final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In the semifinals the sixth-seeded Safina overcame China's Li Na 7-6(3) 7-5, while the fifth-seeded...
Jelena Jankovic beaten in Olympic quarters by Dinara Safina
World number one Jelena Jankovic lost 6-2 5-7 6-3 to in-form Dinara Safina of Russia in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tennis Event in Beijing.
The second-seeded Serb was too weak for big-hitting Safina. Despite...
Venus Williams falls to Li Na in quarterfinals of 2008 Olympics
Shortly after her sister Serena lost to Elena Dementieva, seventh seed Venus Williams was beaten by home favorite Li Na 7-5 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
"Venus was the best...
Serena Williams reaches quarterfinals at the Olympics
American Serena Williams defeated France's Alize Cornet 3-6 6-3 6-4 and joined sister Venus in the quarterfinals of the Olympics Tennis Event in Beijing. The possibility of an all-Williams final is still alive.
During the...
Serena and Venus Williams advance to the third round of the Olympics
The Williams sisters confidently advanced to the third round of the Beijing Olympics.
Serena Williams beat Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-0 in just 44 minutes dropping only six points on her serve in the match....
Jelena Jankovic wins first match as number one
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia has today officially become top-ranked player in the world and she celebrated that fact with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Zimbabwe's Cara Black in the first round of the Olympic...
Sania Mirza retires from singles at the Olympics
Sania Mirza of India retired in her first-round match at the Olympic tennis event. The world No.65 was trailing Czech Iveta Benesova 6-2 2-1 when painful right wrist forced her to retire.
"It was hurting...
