Roger Federer wins gold medal - Men's Doubles

Roger Federer finally wins an unlikely Olympic medal after disappointing results in Sydney and Athens. Ranked no. 1 for 237 weeks in the ATP men's singles ranking, the Swiss star earned the gold medal for his country in the men's doubles with friend and world no. 10 Stanislas Wawrinka. The Swiss pair beat Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

Olympics - Nadal seeking first medal

Men's Singles Semifinals:
Rafael NADAL (ESP) d. Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Fernando GONZALEZ (CHI) d. James BLAKE (USA) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9

Women's Singles Quarterfinals:
Dinara SAFINA (RUS) d. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

Olympics - Federer, Williams crashes out

Men's Singles Quarterfinals:
James BLAKE (USA) d. Roger FEDERER (SUI) 6-4, 7-6(2)
Rafael NADAL (ESP) d. Jurgen MELZER (AUT) 6-0, 6-4
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) d. Gael MONFILS (FRA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Women's Quarterfinals:
Elena DEMENTIEVA (RUS) d. Serena WILLIAMS (USA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

Olympics Day 3 - Top seeds advance

Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) d. Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) 7-6(3), 6-3

Rafael NADAL (ESP) d. Igor ANDREEV (RUS) 6-4, 6-2

Roger FEDERER (SUI) d. Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) 6-3, 7-6(4)
“Of course you have memories of such a big tournament and losing. He’s a good player. So I’m very happy with this win, because I think this was the first true test in this tournament.”

Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) d. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) 7-5, 6-1

Serena WILLIAMS (USA) d. Alize CORNET (FRA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
“I’ve been really working on my temper. But I was just making so many errors, and I wasn’t practicing like that at all. It came to a point, I think I hit a backhand in the net, and I had just had enough.”

Olympics Day 2 - Results so far

Rafael NADAL (ESP) d. Lleyton HEWITT (AUS) 6-1, 6-2 The score suggests a thrashing but the 90-minute match says otherwise. Hewitt, former world no. 1 really had the odds stacked against him after an intense five-set match yesterday. Of course, he was also up against next week’s no. 1 player, Nadal. The Spaniard played better this time than in his opening match characterized by uncharacteristic errors. "Very happy about my performance. I think I play one of my best matches in the last weeks on hard court."

Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) d. Rainer SCHUETTLER (GER) 6-4, 6-2

Roger FEDERER (SUI) d. Rafael AREVALO (ESA) 6-2, 6-4
Olympics rematch in the third round as Federer will face Tomas Berdych who upset him in the second round of the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

"He (Berdych) has got a great game," Federer said. "Obviously I'm aware of the danger."

Paul-Henri MATHIEU (FRA) d. Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) 7-5, 6-3
Davydenko, the fourth seed, is upset by Frenchman Mathieu. The Russian once again falls early in big tournaments. His win at the Sony Ericsson Open Masters early in the year didn’t seem to give him momentum as this year has been quite disappointing for him.

Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) d. ALona BONDARENKO (UKR) 7-5, 6-1

Serena WILLIAMS (USA) d. Samantha STOSUR (AUS) 6-2, 6-0
Unlike the Nadal-Hewitt clash, this match was all Serena Williams. The American just took 44 minutes to dismantle Stosur by winning the last 10 games with her powerful strokes.

"I've never played singles at the Olympics, so this has been really cool for me. Every time I walk out there, it's like I'm playing in my match, but at the same time I have the whole U.S. team on my side. It's good. I really like that feeling."