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Monica Puig Reflects On Rio 2016 Olympic Gold Medal

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova wins the gold in Rio (doubles). The Russian team proved to be too good in the final against Martina Hingis and Time Bacsinszky (Switzerland) to win the match 6-4 6-4. The difference between the two teams was a break per set....

Monica Puig -- gold medal Rio 2016

What a week for Monica Puig! The world no.34 wasn’t one of the favorite (at all!) for a medal in Rio; eventually, she won the gold! Monica was on fire for the entire week to dismiss Muguruza 6-1 6-1 (3rd round), and beat Kvitova and Kerber...

Monica Puig and Angelique Kerber will play for the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Puig The Puerto Rican is having an outstanding run in Rio to trash everyone on her way. The only exception was Petra Kvitova that lost to Monica in 3 sets in...

Serena Williams had a rather horrible week in Rio as the world no.1 lost singles and doubles in the early stages of both tournaments. On Tuesday, Serena lost to Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-3; the American was clearly struggling especially in the second set with an...

Serena Williams has no problems in reaching the 3rd round in Rio.  Serena had a couple of awkward moments in the first set. First, she had to save two set points when she was 4-5 15-40 down; then Serena was broken at love when...

Serena and Venus Williams won the gold medal in doubles in 2000, 2008 and 2012; they were the hot favorite to triumph also in Rio, but eventually they have been shocked in the first round by Safarova and Strycova. The Czech team didn’t have...

Genie Bouchard has a fantastic start of her campaign in Rio. The Canadian wasn’t even sure she would have participated in the Games, and now she is in Brazil full of energy trying to get a medal. Genie defeated Sloane Stephens in the first round...

2016 Rio Olympics | Agnieszka Radwanska Interview