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pilight
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Posted: 08/06/16 8:17 pm ::: Tennis |
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Venus Williams out in the opening round of singles
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 08/06/16 8:19 pm ::: |
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What happened? She had a three game lead in the third set so I figured it was over and changed channels. It looked at that point like the Belgian had basically quit.
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pilight
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Posted: 08/06/16 8:26 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
What happened? She had a three game lead in the third set so I figured it was over and changed channels. It looked at that point like the Belgian had basically quit. |
Flipkens woke up and got it to a tiebreaker. The crowd got behind her in a big way and she pulled it out.
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Posted: 08/07/16 10:32 pm ::: |
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Venus and Serena got knocked out of doubles as well
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Posted: 08/09/16 6:06 pm ::: |
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Serena Williams bounced in the third round
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Posted: 08/09/16 6:34 pm ::: |
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Welp... won't be watching any more of that event...
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Posted: 08/10/16 9:40 am ::: |
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With Williams out, it's really Kerber's Gold to lose right now. The top half is basically a bunch of unknowns, one of which will at least win silver. Hoping Monica Puig of Puerto Rico can get by Siegemund(GER) and win a medal. USA's Madison Keys is still in this, hopefully she can get by Kerber in the semis & bring home the Gold.
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toad455
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Posted: 08/11/16 7:21 pm ::: |
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American Madison Keys advances to the semifinals after today's easy win over Kasatkina(RUS) 6-3 6-1. She'll play Kerber in the semis. The other semifinal is between Kvitova(CZE) & Puig(PUR).
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toad455
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Posted: 08/12/16 8:07 pm ::: |
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Kerber defeated Keys today in straight sets. Puerto Rico's Monica Puig advanced to the gold medal match, defeating Kvitova 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
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toad455
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Posted: 08/13/16 6:10 pm ::: |
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Monica Puig upsets Kerber in the gold medal match 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 and wins Puerto Rico's first ever gold medal. Congrats!
also, Madison Keys lost the bronze medal match to Kvitova.
Jack Sock & Steve Johnson won the bronze in men's doubles. In mixed doubles, it'll be an All-American gold medal match ft. Jack Sock & Bethanie Mattek-Sands versus Venus Williams & Rajeev Ram.
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FollowtheCardinalRule
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Posted: 08/14/16 1:09 pm ::: |
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It's worth noting that Venus Williams is the first woman to win a medal in all three disciplines, alongside winning her fifth Olympic Medal. Her success is unmatched in the Open Era--with Serna only capturing 4 medals.
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toad455
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Posted: 08/14/16 5:29 pm ::: |
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in the all American gold medal mixed doubles match, Sock/Mattek-Sands defeated Ram/Williams 6-7, 6-1, [10-7].
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