Snapped! Three really happy winners...

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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bronze.jpgWow! Imagine if Novak Djokovic had won the GOLD medal in Olympic tennis? He won the bronze over American James Blake and just ripped his shirt right off his body!

I found it to be quite hot.

After the match and the shirt-ripping, Novak said: "I think I've motivated myself a lot with this bronze medal. ... Right now I just want to think about my medal and enjoy it, celebrate it, because I've put a lot of effort in it. And then, of course, we don't have much time for celebrations because the fourth and last Grand Slam of this year comes in a week time where I have to be well, so I can get really far."

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,doubles16.jpgMeanwhile, Roger Federer had some celebrating of his own to do because he and his Swiss teammate Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal in doubles on Saturday!

For a man with five Wimbledons and four US Opens among his career titles, there is little left to accomplish. But Federer had never won at the Olympics and after losing in the singles, it looked like he never would. But the team surprised everyone - including themselves - with a victory over Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden. The score was 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,doublesgold.jpgHopefully this is a turning point in what has been a frustrating year for Roger. He lost in the finals of both Wimbledon and the French Open to Rafael Nadal and on Monday, Nadal takes away his number one ranking as well after a 4 1/2-year reign.

But history has shown that there is no more motivated player than a former number one who is still young (Roger just turned 27) and feels they have something to prove.

"Sort of a dream-come-true moment," Federer said. "Maybe it comes around once in a lifetime. It's almost disbelief, to some degree."
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