Rio Olympics - Women's Tennis

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DATE: 4-16 August 2016
SURFACE: Hard
2012 MEDALISTS: Gold: Serena Williams (USA); Silver: Maria Sharapova (RUS) ; Bronze: Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

About City

Rio de Janeiro is likely the most beautifully situated major city in the world. Its verdant mountains cascade to wide white beaches. It is the second-largest city and GDP in Brazil. "Cariocas," as the people of Rio are called, have an inclination to be easy-going, but their city is as dramatic as their landscape. The tourism and upper-class life of the beach areas contrasts with the extreme poverty of the favelas. But Rio is a city that offers much to be enjoyed: music, Carnaval, capirinhas, and some of the nicest people you're ever likely to meet. Vinicius de Moraes is its poet-laureate.

Tourism Guide:

 

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Top Olympic tennis feats: Steffi Graf stands alone

From www.espn.com.au - Today, 11:55 PM

From Steffi Graf's historic 1988 gold medal to Andy Murray's thrilling triumph, here are our top Olympic tennis moments of all time.

 

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I don't even know who's competing in Rio on the women's side. It seems like everyone has pulled out.

 

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2016 Rio Olympics: The Seeds


Singles

(1) Serena Williams (USA #1)
(2) Angelique Kerber (GER #2)
(3) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #4)
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #5)
(5) Venus Williams (USA #6)
(6) Roberta Vinci (ITA #8)
(7) Madison Keys (USA #9)
(8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #10)
(9) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP #12)
(10) Johanna Konta (GBR #13)
(11) Petra Kvitova (CZE #14)
(12) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI #15)
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS #18)
(14) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS #19)
(15) Elina Svitolina (UKR #20)
(16) Barbora Strycova (CZE #21)

Doubles

(1) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA)
(2) Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
(3) Chan Hao-Ching / Chan Yung-Jan (TPE)
(4) Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)
(5) Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis (SUI)
(6) Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
(7) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS)
(8) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (ITA)

 

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I don't even know who's competing in Rio on the women's side. It seems like everyone has pulled out.

Pretty strong field to be honest @Tennis Fan - I thought a few more had pulled out but it looks like a pretty strong field.

 

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Pretty strong field to be honest @Tennis Fan - I thought a few more had pulled out but it looks like a pretty strong field.

I could've sworn I read that Serena had pulled out, I guess not, it's been a rough week, LOL.

 

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I could've sworn I read that Serena had pulled out, I guess not, it's been a rough week, LOL.

I thought the same!

 

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I thought the same!

That's weird, but it's official.

Ready to go! Serena Williams lands in Rio for the Olympics (with a whole lot of luggage in tow) and wastes no time in hitting the courts with sister Venus

• The 34-year-old is looking to score her second individual Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro
• Grand Slam champions Serena and Venus have also won three Olympic gold medals from women's doubles, which they are competing in again
• The 2016 Olympics start on Friday with the opening ceremony

By Valerie Siebert and Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:10 EST, 3 August 2016 | Updated: 17:09 EST, 3 August 2016

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3722135/She-s-got-Serena-Williams-lands-Rio-Olympics-pushes-five-large-bags-herself.html#ixzz4GNCGiEHl

 

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The Draw:

 

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First Round Matches to look out for...

Sloane v Genie
Errani v Kiki Bertens
Petra v Timea Babos
Ana Ivanovic v Carla

 

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Potential banana skin for Sam Stosur too (Ostapenko)

 

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Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Doubles Draw

(1)Williams/Williams v Safarova/Strycova
Jans-Ignacik/Kania v Bouchard/Dabrowski
Kichenok/Kichenok v Xu/Zheng
Kerber/Petkovic v (8)Errani/Vinci

(4)Muguruza/Suarez Navarro v Goncalves/Pereira
Shvedova/Voskoboeva v Chuang/Hsieh
Babos/Jani v Mitu/Olaru
Rodionova/Rodionova v (7)Makarova/Vesnina

(5)Bacsisnzky/Hingis v Gavrilova/Stosur
Medina Garrigues/Parra Santonja v Mattek-Sands/Vandeweghe
Konta/Watson v Jankovic/Krunic
Begu/Niculescu v (3)Chan/Chan

(6)Hlavackova/Hradecka v Svitolina/Savchuk
Peng/Zhang v Mirza/Thombare
Kasatkina/Kuznetsova v Groenefeld/Siegemund
Doi/Hozumi v (2)Garcia/Mladenovic

 

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Looking out for Konta/Watson (GB) and Gavrilova/Stosur (Aus)!

 

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