The day wasn’t an unqualified success for Williams; she and Venus, top-seeded in women’s doubles, were upset by Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4, Sunday night – the first time they’ve ever lost an Olympic doubles match.
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Williams, who has also captured three doubles golds with sister Serena, had her opportunities, leading 3-1 in the second set and 4-1 in the decider.
When Venus Williams pushed one last forehand long to lose in the first round for the first time in her record five Olympic singles tournaments, her opponent celebrated as if having claimed a gold medal, dropping down on the green hard court to plant a kiss on the white five-ring logo. They have never lost an Olympic doubles match – until Sunday. This news story is related to Latest/140982-Olympics-Williams-sisters-suffer-first-Games-doubles-loss/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. She has been sick since before going to Rio for the Olympics.
She said: “It was really intense”.
“Fortunately enough, I am a pretty good clay-court player, so I’m OK with the slow courts”, said Williams, a three-time French Open champion.
“We played bad”, Serena said, “and it showed in the results”. “It was a really tough draw but we’re used to tough draws, we always get it, but we honestly didn’t play our best whatsoever tonight”. Chicago Tribune said that they won in the 2000, 2008, and 2012 Olympics, and people were not expecting any less from them.
As Strycova and Safarova pulled away, the Rio crowd got behind them, chanting for the Czechs and even booing down an attempted chant of “U-S-A”.
One day before the doubles loss, a virus cost Venus her first-round singles match, leaving her with cramping, dehydration and stomach pain. She will remain in intensive care for at least 24 hours.
“I don’t know why”.
Williams won 6-4, 6-2 against Australia’s Daria Gavrilova, ranked 42 in the world, but she was far from her best.
Gymnastics: The U.S. women breezed to the top of the leaderboard in preliminaries.
The Pole only arrived in Rio on Wednesday night after having to fly from Montreal, where she competed last week, to NY to Lisbon and then to Rio.
“I wouldn’t say it was devastating”.
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