Olympic Tennis Thread

[Jono]

Wow, awesome final set.

Rafa, what a man! Take home the gold son!

Spain vs. Chile final

 

[Simon]

Gonzalez will become the first tennis player to complete a full set of Olympic medals when he loses the final, pretty good effort frim him.

 

[headhunter]

Novak delighted as he claimed bronze. Happy for him, pity he had to meet Rafa in the semi.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

What a cool consolation for Federer. That has to feel good.

 

[Simon]

What a cool consolation for Federer. That has to feel good.

A gold medal is a gold medal regardless of if it's in singles or doubles, but I'm still guessing he will be a bit pissed he's never going to win an Olympic singles medal.

 

[_Ed_]

What a cool consolation for Federer. That has to feel good.

Yeah. What was with their celebration though? That was bizarre.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

A gold medal is a gold medal regardless of if it's in singles or doubles, but I'm still guessing he will be a bit pissed he's never going to win an Olympic singles medal.

The Olympics are just a quirky addition to the tennis circuit. When you consider the number of World champions who fail at the Olympics after four years of hard work and preparation, I think Federer should be happy he got a gold and I hope he realises it was for his country.

 

[Simon]

The Olympics are just a quirky addition to the tennis circuit. When you consider the number of World champions who fail at the Olympics after four years of hard work and preparation, I think Federer should be happy he got a gold and I hope he realises it was for his country.

I think it's got more serious these days, just have to look at who played here, you only have to go back to 96 when it was pretty much non-existant on the calender and the players didn't bother. Even the ATP changed their calender to allow players to compete.

 

[duffer]

Coverage of the Men's final about to start now on SBS. Is this live or are we watching on delay again?

 

[_Ed_]

Fair play to Dementieva for winning the gold, although it looked like Safina self-destructed a bit in that third set.

 

[headhunter]

Delighted for Rafa, what a gun.

 

[GIMH]

I think it's got more serious these days, just have to look at who played here, you only have to go back to 96 when it was pretty much non-existant on the calender and the players didn't bother. Even the ATP changed their calender to allow players to compete.

Didn't Henman get a medal in 96?

 

[Simon]

Didn't Henman get a medal in 96?

Probably the only way he had a chance of getting a medal was if none of the top players turned up. Although I think Agassi did win gold from memory in Atlanta.

 

[GIMH]

just looked it up, he got a doubles silver, Agassi did indeed get the gold, interested to see that Leander Paes from India got a Bronze at those Olympics