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tennis outlook and Olympic history
Olympic tennis team training notes The United States Olympic tennis team – consisting of six men and four women - will “go for the gold” in men’s and women’s singles and doubles at the Olympic Games.
U.S. MEN’S TEAM Bob Bryan
(Camarillo, Calif.) Doubles (with M. Bryan) Martina
Navratilova (Sarasota, Fla.) Doubles (with Raymond) |
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SCHEDULE OF PLAY – The tennis competition opens up on Sunday,
August 15 with singles and doubles matches beginning at 10 am local time in
Athens. Check www.usocpressbox.org for the schedules of American players as
the event begins. Sunday, August 15 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) First Round Singles and Doubles Monday, August 16 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) First Round Singles and Doubles Tuesday, August 17 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) Second Round Singles and Doubles Wednesday, August 18 5 pm (one session) Third Round Singles, QF Doubles Thursday, August 19 5 pm (one session) Quarterfinal Singles, Men’s Doubles Semifinals, Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals Friday, August 20 5 pm (one session) Singles Semifinals, Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match, Women’s Doubles Semifinals |
Saturday, August 21 5 pm (one session) Women’s Singles Gold
Medal Match,
Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Match, Men’s Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women’s
Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match.
Sunday, August 22 5 pm (one session) Men’s Singles Gold Medal Match,
Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match.
U.S. TV TIMES – The Olympic tennis competition will air on Bravo and USA
Network, with USA Network televising the gold medal matches in both men’s
and women’s singles live. Jim Courier, member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team
and the No. 1 seed in Olympic men’s singles that year, will join former U.S.
Davis Cup star Barry MacKay as part of the Bravo/USA broadcast team.
Bravo’s windows of coverage that will include coverage of the tennis
competition are as follows;
Sunday, August 15 4 am to noon; Midnight to 1 am ET
Monday, August 16 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Tuesday, August 17 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Wednesday, August 18 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Thursday, August 19 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
USA’s coverage of Olympic tennis is as follows;
Friday, August 20 7 am to noon ET
Saturday, August 21 10 am to 5 pm ET
Sunday, August 22 10 am to 3 pm ET
DEFENDING CHAMP – Venus Williams enters the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as
the defending champions in the women’s singles and doubles competitions. The
only players to successfully defend gold medals at the Olympic Games in
tennis are Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi Fernandez who were able to defend an
Olympic gold medal when they followed their 1992 gold medal performance in
women’s doubles with their triumph in 1996.
This article is in five parts. This is part one.
Part 2
GOLD MEDALS DEFENSES IN MODERN OLYMPIC TENNIS ERA (since 1988)
Part 3 Venus
and Serena Williams continued the Gibson legacy by becoming the 1st
black women to win Grand Slam tournaments titles.
Part 4 Taylor Dent
enters the Olympic Games with one of the most accomplished family sports
pedigrees among all athletes competing in the same Olympic Games as his
cousin U.S. beach volleyball star Misty May.
Part 5 Martina
Navratilova continued her assault on tennis history in 2003, winning the
mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon to become the
oldest player in the history of the sport to win a Grand Slam tournament
title.
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