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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 18 Aug 2008 Title: Williams sisters win second Olympic doubles gold medal in tennis -------------------- Beijing - The Williams sisters claimed their second women's doubles gold medal at the Olympic tennis tournament after beating Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-0 in the final on Sunday. Having won the Wimbledon doubles event last month, the American sisters were barely tested before beating the Spanish pair in one hour or so, becoming the second women's doubles team to win two gold medals in this event following compatriots Gigi Fernandez and Mary Joe Fernandez (1992 and 1996). The Williams sisters won the women's doubles gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. "We were really focused from the very first point. We really wanted to win and we knew this was a really tough tournament, but we never gave up. We had to be focused," said Serena Williams after the match. Coming into the match on a devastating comeback win over Australian Open winners Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko from Ukraine in the semifinals, the Williams went into the game with a fast pace, breaking twice in the fourth and eighth games to take the first set at 6-2. In the second set, the Spanish duo was again struggling to find the rhythm with the American sisters taking the second set at love. "The Olympics is truly about participation, but it's also about your moment in time. Today my moment in time was with my sister who I love almost more than anyone in the world. "It's just amazing to think that we could participate and bring home a gold medal and I am so excited I can't even speak," said Venus Williams, also the gold medalist in women's singles in Sydney 2000. "To be honest it does mean more for me to win it with Serena, to share this kind of moment with your sister. I mean we are practically joined together, it's really unexplainable. I have chill bumps." - BuaNews-Xinhua |
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