Three bombshells for Venus, Serena; Federer, Nadal advance

Serena Williams of USA returns a shot against Samantha Stosur, of Australia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elise Amendola BEIJING - proportional by the lofty standards of the Williams sisters, eight victories at the Olympics is a crack day's endeavor.

Olympics: Japan's Morita eliminated in 2nd round of women's tennisnull
Ayumi Morita was eliminated in the something else round of the women's singles tennis competition after a 6-2, 7-5 loss to China's Li Na at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, leaving Japan beyond any players left in singles contests.

Williams sisters in round three
Venus and Serena Williams, well-organized with macrocosm integer one Jelena Jankovic, unconventional to the third round of the women's singles in Beijing on Tuesday.

Easy Win for Serena Williams at Olympics
Serena and Venus Williams each had straight-set victories Tuesday to stay on track for a conceivable matchup in the final, and Rafael Nadal onward with won as he seeks his first Olympic medal.

Taiwanese tennis, badminton players advance at Beijing Olympics
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Olympics: Tennis results - 8th update
Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) Gilles Simon (FRA x10) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-5, 6-1 Tomas Berdych (CZE x17) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 (7/5), 2-3 - retired

Phelps joins exclusive club of Olympic perseverings greats
BEIJING (AFP) - US swimmer Michael Phelps joined an elite catalog of Olympic greats Tuesday by becoming only the fifth competitor in history to win nine gold medals.

Nadal fires warning as Federer coasts at Olympics tennis
The women's draw still saw dominant performances from the Williams sisters and Serbian universe prime one Jelena Jankovic.

Easy win for Serena Williams at Olympics
Serena and Venus Williams each had straight-set victories Tuesday to stay on track for a expedient matchup in the final, and Rafael Nadal onward with won as he seeks his first Olympic medal.

Olympics-Tennis-Men's doubles first round results
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Olympic tennis men's doubles first round results in Beijing on Tuesday (prefix symbol denotes seeding). Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat Nicolas Kiefer/Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 Arnaud Clement/Michael


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