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Great Britain
31 July 201214:43
Murray set for Mixed Doubles outing
Great Britain's Andy Murray will go for Olympic gold on two fronts after it was confirmed today that he and Laura Robson will be the Host Nation's Mixed Doubles entry for the tournament at Wimbledon.
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Switzerland
30 July 201222:38
Federer cruises into third round
World number one Roger Federer cruised into the third round of the Olympic men's Singles tournament with victory over Julien Benneteau.
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  FEDERER Roger
  BENNETEAU Julien
  WAWRINKA Stanislas
  DJOKOVIC Novak
  FOGNINI Fabio
  RODDICK Andy
  KLIZAN Martin
  HEWITT Lleyton
  STAKHOVSKY Sergiy
  TIPSAREVIC Janko
  ISNER John
  JAZIRI Malek
  DEL POTRO Juan Martin
  PETZSCHNER Philipp
  SIMON Gilles
  SEPPI Andreas
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United States of America
30 July 201216:13
Williams sisters hit Games form
It was a perfect day for the Williams family as both Venus and Serena won their Singles matches and they kicked off the defence of their Olympic women's Doubles title with a straightforward victory.
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  IVANOVIC Ana
  CLIJSTERS Kim
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  SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla
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  PENG Shuai
  PENNETTA Flavia
  WOZNIACKI Caroline
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  KERBER Angelique
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  RADWANSKA Urszula
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Serbia
29 July 201220:33
Djokovic made to dig deep for victory
Novak Djokovic had to come from a set down to beat Italy's Fabio Fognini on Day 2 of the London 2012 competition at Wimbledon.
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  DJOKOVIC Novak
  FOGNINI Fabio
  RODDICK Andy
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  POSPISIL Vasek
  NISHIKORI Kei
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  TSONGA Jo-Wilfried
Great Britain
29 July 201217:20
Murray through to second round
Andy Murray claimed his first Olympic Tennis Singles victory with a 6-3 6-3 success over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka at London 2012.
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Poland
29 July 201216:27
Goerges edges out Radwanska
There was a big surprise in the first round of the Olympic women's Tennis Singles this afternoon as second seed and Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska was beaten by Germany's Julia Goerges.
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  GOERGES Julia
  SHARAPOVA Maria
  AZARENKA Victoria
  BEGU Irina-Camelia
Switzerland
28 July 201220:27
Federer and Williams move on
Roger Federer found Alejandro Falla a tough opponent at Wimbledon for the second time in his career as he edged his way through to the second round of the men's Singles, while Serena Williams also enjoyed opening success in the women's competition.
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  FALLA Alejandro
  MURRAY Andy
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  BERDYCH Tomas
  GULBIS Ernests
  ROCHUS Olivier
  ISNER John
  TIPSAREVIC Janko
  DEL POTRO Juan Martin
  VERDASCO Fernando
  ISTOMIN Denis
  WILLIAMS Serena
  JANKOVIC Jelena
  RADWANSKA Urszula
  STOSUR Samantha
  LI Na
  SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla
  HANTUCHOVA Daniela
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  VINCI Roberta
  KVITOVA Petra
  BONDARENKO Kateryna
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  ZVONAREVA Vera
  CIBULKOVA Dominika
  PIRONKOVA Tsvetana
  MURRAY Jamie
  WATSON Heather
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Switzerland
28 July 201218:01
Federer hangs on to beat Falla
Olympic men's Singles Tennis favourite Roger Federer defeated Alejandro Falla of Colombia but the match was far from straightforward.
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United States of America
28 July 201217:35
Williams eases past Jankovic
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams returned to Centre Court three weeks after winning her fifth title at the All England Club to play her first-round Tennis match at London 2012.
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Czech Republic
28 July 201214:42
Wimbledon woe goes on for Berdych
Tomas Berdych has suffered more disappointment on the Wimbledon grass as he was knocked out in the first round of the Olympics by Belgium's Steve Darcis.
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  NALBANDIAN David
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  GIRALDO Santiago