LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Serena and Venus Williams retained
the Olympic tennis women’s doubles gold with a 6-4 6-4 win over
Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka on Sunday.
The American sisters, who also won doubles gold in Beijing
and Sydney, took an hour and a half to wrap up their defeat of
the number four seeds under the Centre Court roof.
The Czech pair saved two match points before Venus secured
the victory with a backhand volley, hugging her sister in
celebration as chants of “USA! USA!” rang out from the crowd.
It is the second gold in London for Serena, who won the
women’s singles on Saturday.
Later their U.S. team mates and top seeds Liezel Huber and
Lisa Raymond will take on Russia’s Maria Kirilenko and Nadia
Petrova for the bronze medal.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, editing by Mark Meadows)
