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PostHeaderIcon Olympic Tennis:Djokovic wins bronze medal for Serbia

PostDateIcon August 16th, 2008 | PostAuthorIcon Author:

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the first medal of the Olympic tennis tournament on Saturday, beating American James Blake 6-3 7-6 to go home with bronze.

The world number three, narrowly beaten by Spain’s Rafael Nadal in Friday’s semi-final, broke early in the first set and was rock solid throughout.

Blake, who ended Swiss world number one Roger Federer’s run in the singles on Thursday, made a scrap of it in the second set and Djokovic became rattled, smashing his racket at 4-4.

However, the Australian Open champion went 6-4 ahead in the tiebreaker and fell to his knees in joy when Blake put a backhand into the tramlines.

The Serb celebrated by throwing most of his kit, including his rackets and shirt, into the crowd after holding aloft the Serbian flag. (Editing by Alison Williams)

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