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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Federer wins Gold in Doubles Event!

Finally, Federer won the gold in Tennis event in the 2008 olympics. In the doubles final Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka beat Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden by 3-1.

Federer pair won the first set 6-3 and second set 6-4. With one more set for grabbing the gold, they lost the third set 6(4)-7 in the tie breaker.

But, they came back strongly in the fourth set and won the gold medal by 6-3. Though Federer lost the single's match, it will be consolation for him, though not completely.

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