Olympic Tennis 2012 Results: Day 9 Scores, Analysis and More
When it comes to men's tennis, the Olympics appear to the be the bizarro world. In the London Games edition of the men's singles gold-medal match, Team Great Britain's Andy Murray scored a dominant straight-set win over Switzerland's Roger Federer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.
This comes roughly a month after Federer took down Murray on the same court at the All England Club to win Wimbledon, and it flies in the face of essentially everything we have learned about tennis in the recent past, which is that Roger Federer wins big events and Andy Murray does not.
Murray, who has been close but has never won a Grand Slam event, can't cross that off his list yet, but Olympic gold is a nice consolation prize.
It is fitting that he won this at the All England Club, where fans have always been boisterous in their support of Murray. Sunday was no different, only this time they got to keep cheering as the hardware was handed out.
The other part of this is that Roger Federer lost, and he is now 0-for-4 at the Olympics. Shockingly, this is his first singles medal.
This wasn't the only big match of the day. In fact, tennis was handing out medals on Sunday like candy on Halloween. Nine medals were awarded on the day to bring the tennis portion of the London Games to a close.
Check out the medal winners and scores from today's contests.
Men's Singles
Gold: Andy Murray, Great Britain
Silver: Roger Federer, Switzerland
Bronze: Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina
In the bronze-medal match, Juan Martin Del Potro capped off a nice run with a stunning upset over Novak Djokovic, 7-5, 6-4.
Women's Doubles
Gold: Serena Williams, Venus Williams, USA
Silver: Andrea Hlavackova, Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic
Bronze: Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova, Russia
Venus and Serena Williams claimed their third straight Olympics doubles gold by beating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.
Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova took the bronze by upsetting top seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond of the United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles
Gold: Max Mirnyi, Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
Silver: Andy Murray, Laura Robson, Great Britain
Bronze: Mike Bryan, Lisa Raymond, USA
Not long after claiming the men's singles gold, Andy Murray was back on the court to try to win gold in the mixed doubles. He came up just short, as Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi edged out Murray and his partner, Laura Robson, 3-6, 6-3 (10-8).
In the bronze-medal match, American partners Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan defeated Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas of Germany, 6-3, 4-6 (10-4).

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