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Posts tagged with "Olympics"
Can Serena Williams Dominate the US Open Like She Dominated the Olympics?
Aug. 24 | By Randy Walker Serena Williams sent shockwaves through women’s tennis with the relative ease in which she breezed through the field en route to winning the Olympic Games earlier this summer. In her six Olympic singles matches, she lost only...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and France, Maria Sharapova and Russia Win Olympic Team Gold in London
Aug. 7 | by Randy Walker Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s silver medal effort in men’s doubles with Michael Llodra and his quarterfinal finish in singles was enough for France to win Olympic team gold in men’s tennis at the 2012 Olympic tennis competition that...
Andy Murray Crushes Roger Federer For His Golden Olympic Day
Aug. 5 | By Randy Walker What Andy Murray couldn’t do at Wimbledon, he could do in Olympic tennis. Four weeks after losing a heart-breaking Wimbledon singles final to Roger Federer, Andy Murray of Britain turned the tables on the greatest tennis player...
Williams Sisters Guaranteed To Become Most Decorated U.S. Tennis Olympians; Bryan Brothers Win Gold
Aug. 4 | By Randy Walker Venus and Serena Williams are without question the poster children for Olympic tennis. The sisters guaranteed that they would both become the most decorated U.S. tennis Olympians in history with four medals with their 7-5, 6-4...
Serena Williams Blitzes To Olympic Singles Gold To Earn The Most Envied Trophy Collection In Tennis
Aug. 4 | By Randy Walker Serena Williams now has a tennis trophy case that is the envy of all. The American completed a “Career Golden Grand Slam” by blitzing Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-0, 6-1 Saturday to win the Olympic gold medal in women’s singles...
Roger Federer’s History-Making Olympic Epic Over Juan Martin del Potro…In Tweets
Aug. 3 | By Randy Walker In what is being described as the greatest Olympic tennis match ever played, Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6 (5),19-17 in 4 hours, 26 minutes Friday in an epic Olympic men’s semifinal on Centre Court at...
Top 10 Stories From A Crazy Day Five At Olympic Tennis
Aug. 1 | by Randy Walker Rennae Stubbs, the former standout women’s doubles player now TV commentator, said at the start of the broadcast of Olympic tennis on Bravo television in the United States that Wednesday’s schedule at Olympic tennis at Wimbledon...
Olympic Marathon! Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Outlasts Milos Raonic 25-23 In Third Set
Jul. 31 | By Randy Walker An Olympic marathon took place Tuesday at Wimbledon but it didn’t involve any nation’s track and field teams. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Milos Raonic of Canada played the longest best-of-three-set match – and the longest...
Novak Djokovic Close To Perfection In Olympic Rout of Andy Roddick
Jul. 31 | By Randy Walker Novak Djokovic played close to a perfect match Tuesday to knock Andy Roddick out of the 2012 Olympics, defeating the former world No. 1 6-2, 6-1 in the second round. The No. 2 ranked Serb smacked an incredible 33 winners against...
Olympic Family Affair – Williams Sisters, Bryan Brothers and …George W. Bush’s Great, Great, Uncles?!?
Jul. 30 | By Randy Walker The Williams sisters. The Bryan brothers. The Radwanska sisters. The Murray brothers. Is there a more family friendly Olympic sport than tennis? Siblings are seemingly omnipresent around the grounds, including in a second-round clash...
Roger Federer, Serena Williams Shine In Colorful Start To Olympic Tennis at Wimbledon
Jul. 28 | By Randy Walker The All England Lawn Tennis Club was in a flurry of color on the opening day of the Olympic tennis competition at the 2012 London Games Saturday. The club that normally has a strict “all-white” rule on its courts was awash...
