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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Nadal and Dementieva win Singles Gold
Spain's Rafael Nadal won the gold medal match 6-3 7-6(2) 6-3 over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez with Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the bronze medal by defeating American James Blake.
Russia swept the women singles medals with Elena Dementieva (eight years after winning the silver medal in Sydney) by defeating Dinara Safina 3-6 7-5 6-3 (who double faulted 17 times). Vera Zvonareva won the bronze by defeating Li Na 6-0 7-5.
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Dinara Safina,
Elena Dementieva,
Fernando Gonzalez,
Novak Djokovic,
Olympics,
Rafael Nadal,
summer 2008,
tennis,
Vera Zvonareva
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This really did turn into a major *yawn* on both sides and I just heard the outcome now, but, its about time Nadal was in a pair of real pants!
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