Britain's Andy Murray produced the match of his life, riding the wave of Olympic euphoria sweeping across the land to thrash the world number one 6-2 6-1 6-4.
Fourth seed Serena Williams won the women's singles gold medal after beating Russia's third seed Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in the London Olympics tennis tournament on Saturday.
World number one Victoria Azarenka bounced back from her semi-final thrashing to claim bronze in the Olympic tennis women's singles at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 in an hour and a half.
Switzerland's Roger Federer had to break yet another record to keep his Olympic dream alive and Andy Murray surfed a wave of British euphoria at Wimbledon on Friday to set up a mouthwatering showdown for a gold medal.
There were some major upsets on the opening day of the London 2012 Olympic Games tennis tournament at Wimbledon on Saturday with sixth seed Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic, Chinese No 1 Li Na and last year's US Open winner Samantha Stosur of Australia all crashing out of the tournament.
World No 1 Roger Federer said in London on Thursday that winning the Olympic Games could be even harder than winning a Grand Slam title.
Novak Djokovic from Serbia said on Wednesday that he is looking forward to returning to play on grass at the All-England Club, where he won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 2011.
Maria Sharapova has said that she had dreamt of competing in the Olympic Games since she was a child and is looking forward to making her debut at London 2012.
Olympic champion Rafa Nadal's withdrawal from the London Games because of injury deprived the tournament of one of its biggest attractions and left Spain reeling on Thursday.
Factbox on some of the injuries that have dogged Rafa Nadal's career.
Olympic champion Rafa Nadal's withdrawal from the London Games because of injury deprived the tournament of one of its biggest attractions and left Spain reeling on Thursday.
Germany's world number 18 Andrea Petkovic will miss the London Olympics after failing to recover from an ankle injury that prevented her playing at the French Open and Wimbledon.
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