In other 2016 Rio Olympics Women’s Tennis results, the Czech Republic doubles team of Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova capture the bronze medal over compatriots Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
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She could. And she did. “My emotions are so high after every match and the crowds make me cry in every match, and I’d like to say thank you to them”. “I hope to really keep this momentum in the upcoming tournaments”.
“I didn’t really have enough time memorize it all”, Puig said of the anthem. Puig’s win comes as a surprise to all.
Monica Puig will be straight back down to earth with a bump after her Olympic triumph as she enters the Western and Southern Open in the first round. “They put me in a room, asked for my sample and I refused to give it to them, trying to explain I wasn’t Rotich”, Anzra added.
She just couldn’t join in the joyous chorus, for a simple reason: too many tears. With the victory, Puig becomes the first Puerto Rican to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
It was a tense closing game for Puig.
At this stage, Puig was just two games away from an improbable Gold Medal, however Kerber would break in the next game and then held to take the second set 6-4 and level the match at one-set all. “It was such an unbelievable moment”.
The Gold Medal match in women’s singles was one to remember as Monica Puig took on World No.2 and reigning Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber. “They might rename the capital of Puerto Rico to Monica”, Fernandez said.
“I’m a pretty aggressive player”. I’m just so happy I was able to be the first Puerto Rican woman to win a medal at the Games, and not just a medal. the gold medal’.
Meanwhile, Kvitova won the bronze medal play-off by defeating American seventh seed Madison Keys 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.
Didn’t do her much good, though.
During the ensuing changeover, Kerber was visited by a trainer, standing on the sideline while her lower back was massaged and manipulated, before heading to the locker room for a medical timeout.
MEN’S TENNIS: Rafael Nadal’s bid for an unprecedented second Olympic singles gold medal ended with a thrill-a-minute semifinal loss to the resurgent Juan Martin del Potro.
“She deserved to win”, said Kerber, a Wimbledon finalist last month.
“It’s obviously not an easy thing to do”. She was able to break Kerber two times in her three break point opportunities during the first frame. “I congratulate del Potro on a great event for him”, said Nadal. Mattek-Sands had previously won two Grand Slam women’s doubles titles (in 2015, with Lucie Safarova) and two mixed-doubles crowns, with Horia Tecau in 2012 and Mike Bryan in 2015.
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Williams, the singles champion in Sydney in 2000 and victor of three doubles golds with sister Serena, made early exits from the singles and women’s doubles but the mixed has provided an unexpected bonus.
