Nadal, Ivanovic Top Seeds in US Open

Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbian's Ana Ivanovic have been named
no.1 seeds in the men's and women's sections respectively, for
the upcoming US Open championship. This is the first time Nadal
is going into a grand slam tournament as the top seed.

Former world no.1 and reigning US Open champion Roger Federer is
seeded second, while Australian Open winner Djokovic is third,
followed by David Ferrer and Nikolay Davydenko, the fourth and
fifth seeds respectively.

In the women's section, Ivanovic is followed by Jelena Jankovic,
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva, in
that order. Venus Williams is seeded seventh.

Dementieva Wins Women's Singles Gold in Beijing

In an all Russian final, Elena Dementieva had won the singles event
by defeating Dinara Safina in a hard fought three setter 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
The loss also brought to an end Safina's 15 match winning streak.

If double faults had been a major problem for long in Dementieva's game,
in the finals, it was Safina who suffered most from erratic serving. She hit
as much as 17 double-faults, the highest seen in an Olympic final till date.
Frustrated by her struggle to put the ball in play, Safina once even flunged
her racket, slammed it against the concrete, and hit the ball into the stands.
But her tantrums failed to help her game get back on track.

On the other hand, Dementieva packed more power from the baseline,
hitting as much as twenty six winners to Safina's thirteen.
This is the second time that Dementieva is playing the Olympics singles
final. In Sydney Olympics 2000, she had lost to Venus Williams.

Venus Crashed out of Olympics

Two time medal winner, Venus Williams, crashed out of her
Olympic campaign with a 7-, 7-5 loss to Chinese Li Na in the
QF of the Olympics women's tennis event. Li will now meet
either world no.1 Jelena Jankovic or Dinara Safina in the semis.

In an earlier match, her sister Serena was also knocked out of
Olympics by Russian Elena Dementieva in a hard fought three-setter,
3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Dementiva will now meet compatriot Vera Zvonareva
for a place in the final.