Serena, Bryans Win Career Golden Slam

Plenty of storylines after the week of Olympic tennis including Serena completing the Career Golden Slam in emphatic fashion, losing just one game against Sharapova in the gold medal final, Federer falling one match short and Murray winning gold for his country.  Then the Americans had more success in the doubles with the Bryans completing the Career Golden Slam and the Williams winning their 3rd gold medal together.

Men's singles
Gold:  3) Andy Murray (GBR) def. 1) Roger Federer (SUI) 6-2 6-1 6-4
Bronze:  8) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) def. 2) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7-5 6-4

Women's singles
Gold:  4) Serena Williams (USA) def. 3) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6-0 6-1
Bronze:  1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. 14) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 6-3 6-4

Men's doubles
Gold:  1) Bryan/Bryan (USA) def. 2) Llodra/Tsonga (FRA) 6-4 7-6(2)
Bronze:  Benneteau/Gasquet (FRA) def. Ferrer/F.Lopez (ESP) 7-6(4) 6-2

Women's doubles
Gold:  Williams/Williams (USA) def. 4) Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE) 6-4 6-4
Bronze:  3) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS) def. 1) Huber/Raymond (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-1

Mixed doubles
Gold:  Azarenka/Mirnyi (BLR) def. Robson/Murray (GBR) 2-6 6-2 (10-8)
Bronze:  Raymond/M.Bryan (USA) def. Lisicki/Kas (GER) 6-3 4-6 (10-3)

Medal Count
USA (4) - 3 G, 1 B
BLR (2) - 1 G, 1 B
GBR (2) - 1 G, 1 B
RUS (2) - 1 G, 1 B
FRA (2) - 1 S, 1 B
CZE (1) - 1 S
SUI (1) - 1 S
ARG (1) - 1 B

-Murray wins 23rd career title, 2nd of '12, last '12 Brisbane.
-He has now won 3 titles on grass.
-Federer is now all but assured of holding the no. 1 ranking to the US Open.

-Serena wins 44th career title, 5th of '12, last '12 Stanford.
-She has now won 4 gold medals, 3 of them in doubles.
-Serena is only the second woman to complete the Career Golden Slam.  Steffi Graft is the other.
-Azarenka retakes the no. 1 ranking from Sharapova.

-The Bryan brothers are the 3rd doubles team to complete the Career Golden Slam.  The Woodies and the Williams sisters are the other two.

Back on the tour, Alexandr Dolgopolov has had a very quiet solid a year and he came through the depleted field in Washington to win 500 ranking points.  Magdelana Rybarikova was the women's winner in Washington, defeating the top 3 seeds including a upset of Pavlyuchenkova in the final, who seems to have finally gotten her act together this year.

ATP 500: Washington, DC, USA

2) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) def. 4) Tommy Haas (USA) 6-7(7) 6-4 6-1

-Dolgopolov wins 2nd career title, last '11 Umag

-Other QF:  1) Mardy Fish (USA)-SF, 3) Kevin Anderson (RSA), 8) Sam Querrey (USA)-SF, Xavier Malisse (BEL), Tobias Kamke (GER), James Blake (USA)
-Other seeds:  5) Andujar (R1 l. to Blake), 6) Chardy (R2 l. to Malisse), 7) Paire (R1 l. to Kamke)
-Stepanek was the defending champion but played the Olympics instead.

-There was no returning quarterfinalists from last year, they were all at the Olympics except finalist Monfils who is hurt.

-The Americans went 8-7 overall but only Fish, Querrey, and Blake notched wins.  Russell, Baker, Levine, and Johnson were first losers.  This is a nice result for Blake, who hasn't done much good recently.
-Another great tournament for Haas, but this was his first final loss in an American tournament.
-Berankis, who reached the final in LA last week, got a wildcard and won one match before losing to Fish.

WTA International: Washington, DC, USA
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) def. 1) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1 6-1

-Rybarikova wins 3rd career title, last '11 Memphis
-Other QF:  3) Sloane Stephens (USA)-SF, 4) Vania King (USA)-SF, 7) Coco Vandeweghe (USA), Kai-Chen Chang (TPE), Eugenie Bouchard (CAN), Q) Jana Cepelova (SVK)
-Other seeds:  2) Scheepers (R1 l. to Rybarikova), 5) Zahlavova Strycova (R1 l. to Gallovits-Hall), 8) Govortsova (R2 l. to Bouchard)
-Petrova was the defending champion, but picked up an Olympic bronze medal in doubles instead.

-There were no returning quarterfinalists from '11.

-Qualifier Cepelova is #5 among players born in 1993, a group with Stephens as it's #1 player.  Bouchard is a 18-yr-old Canadian now up to no. 237 in the world.

-Larcher de Brito won a first round match for the second straight week.

-Nice tournament for young Americans King and Stephens though Oudin lost in the first round.  7-5 were all the Americans put together, with Falconi getting the other win.
-After a 5-14 start to '12, Pavlyuchenkova is now 11-5 since the French Open.