Svetlana Kuznetsova’s countrywoman Maria Sharapova has been defeated by Serena Williams in the final of women’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. With this victory, Serena has won her first gold medal in the Olympic tennis singles event. Serena absolutely thrashed Sharapova. The Russian player was able to win only one game in the whole match. Serena won the match in the straight sets by 6-0, 6-1.
Serena played 6 matches in the competition and she won all the matches in the straight sets. It proved to be very difficult for any other player to give a tough fight to Serena. She dominated every opponent with his power game. She didn’t lose any set in the whole competition and continued her dream run at the Wimbledon court. With this victory, Serena has completed the Golden Slam. Serena was overjoyed after winning the gold medal in the singles event for the first time. She said that she has never been more happy than today. It is the biggest win of her career and she would never forget this day. She has been waiting for this day for so long and finally, she has done that.
After losing the match, Sharapova said that it was very hard to control the powerful shots of Serena. She was serving really well and she played some amazing groundstrokes. Meanwhile, Serena Williams has also won the gold medal in the doubles competition by playing with her sister Venus Williams. The Williams sisters defeated the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the final match. The Williams sisters won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-4. This is the third gold medal for the Williams sisters in the doubles event. They had also won the gold medal in the Sydney Olympics of 2000 and Beijing Olympics of 2008.