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Despite debate being re-ignited about tennis's place at the Olympics, [20] [21] and the attestations of some players (such as Andy Roddick, who chose to play an American tournament in order to prepare for the U.S. Open), that the Grand Slams remained the pre-eminent tennis tournaments, [20] [22] the 2008 Games saw the strongest field of ...
Russia's Elena Dementieva defeated compatriot Dinara Safina in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, Russia's Vera Zvonareva defeated China's Li Na 6–0, 7–5. This was the first Olympic medal sweep in tennis since 1908, when three British women ...
The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, 6 ...
This Olympic Games marked the return of the Summer Olympic Games to Asia after the 1988 Olympics in South Korea. It was the first Olympics for Serbia as a separate state since 1912 and the first for Montenegro, having separated from Serbia in 2006. It was also the first Olympics for Nepal as a republic, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.
10 August 2008 – 17 August 2008: 2008 Summer Olympics: Beijing (CHN) Olympic Games: Hard: 90: Quarterfinals lost to Elena Dementieva, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 25 August 2008 – 7 September 2008: US Open: New York (USA) Grand Slam: Hard: 1000: Winner defeated Jelena Janković, 6–4, 7–5 29 September 2008 – 5 October 2008: Porsche Tennis Grand ...
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles This page was last edited on 11 December 2024, at 23:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Pages in category "Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Steeve Guenot won France's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. Swimming. Michael Phelps of the U.S. took the record for most gold medals for an athlete with 11 for wins in the 200 m butterfly and the 4 × 200 m relay. [71] Gymnastics. The Chinese women's gymnastic team won its first ever team gold ...