2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final and threatened to delay the match until the next day. During the deciding set, Federer was two points away (and at one point, a break point up) from claiming his sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown, but Nadal ultimately held serve and eventually broke Federer's serve in the 15th game of the set. Nadal would then serve out the match in the following game, and in the process, won the final set 9-7. During the match, Federer only converted one of thirteen break points on Nadal's serve. At 4 hours and 48 minutes, the match was the longest singles final at a
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. Justine Henin was the defending champion who won gold in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. She retired from the sport earlier that year. Elena Dementieva of Russia defeated compatriot Dinara Safina in the first and only all-Russian final in the tennis Olympics, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, Dementieva took the gold. Another Russian, Vera Zvonareva took the bronze