Tennis was reintroduced to the Olympics at Seoul in 1988 and winners have not often loved the profile provided to gold medal winners in other sports. Best gamers were being normally absent from both equally the men and women’s attract and players sometimes lacked the personal generate vital for grand slam triumph and the patriotic fervour that surrounds Davis and Federation cups.
The standing of this year’s event has been lifted by the presence of the top 5 ranked males and women of all ages. Only two players from every leading 10 – Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet from the men’s checklist and Anna Chakvetedze and Marion Bartoli from the women’s – will not be having component. There are a substantial volume of ranking details up for grabs and the US open challengers will want to present their qualifications in Beijing, as the same DecoTurf surface area will be made use of for the two tournaments.
Players could possibly not have constantly performed for their place in the Olympics as they have performed in other group occasions, but there is nonetheless the option to make nationwide record. Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzales finished Chile’s lengthy wait around for an Olympic gold in Athens, with Massu likely on to win the singles event to double his country’s gold medal haul at the games in the area of 13 hrs. Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic will be seeking to make related background for Serbia.
Most spectators will be hoping for an additional Roger Federer – Rafael Nadal final and each gamers have lots to play for. Federer has gained virtually anything in the activity but will not want to retire devoid of profitable an Olympic gold. This may be his last reasonable probability to do. Nadal is less than tension from individuals who declare him to be the world’s ideal and he will want to conquer his arch-rival on a tough court as he did on grass at Wimbledon last thirty day period.
The Williams sisters will be among the favourites for US open up glory and could be the types to conquer in Beijing. They won the doubles gold in Sydney in 2000, when Venus also one particular gold. Former wold selection kinds and several grand slam winners Steffi Graf, Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport and Justin Henin are the other new winners, so the women’s winner would be part of an extraordinary Olympic hall of fame.