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Terracotta: black-figure Kylix

Olympic Games
Athens - GREECE

August 15 - 22, 2004
Surface: Hardcourt/Outdoors

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LAST COMPLETED MATCH
quarterfinals
S.Asagoe/A.Sugiyama (Japan)
6
4
6
M.Navratilova/L.Raymond (U.S.A.)
4
6
4


06-26


It's official: Martina will join the United States Olympic tennis team for the first time! Congratulations, Martina... These are the olympic squads which have been announced today:

U.S. women's team
Serena Williams (singles & doubles)
Venus Williams (singles & doubles)
Jennifer Capriati (singles)
Chanda Rubin (singles)
Martina Navratilova (doubles)
Lisa Raymond (doubles)
U.S. men's team
Andy Roddick (singles & doubles)
Mardy Fish (singles & doubles)
Vince Spadea (singles)
Taylor Dent (singles)
Bob Bryan (doubles)
Mike Bryan (doubles)

08-14

Before the game started, many articles about Martina were available...
Article - CNN.SI.com
Article - BBC Sports

08-15 Martina and Lisa won their first round match against Ukraine, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Tatyana Perebiynis 6-0 6-2. They are scheduled to face Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce in the next round.
Article - CNN.SI.com

08-18 Martina and Lisa reached the quarterfinals without playing their second round match today, because of Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce's withdrawal. Their next opponents are Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama of Japan; the match is scheduled for tomorrow. Go, Martina and Lisa!
Article - CNN.SI.com

08-19 Martina and Lisa played their last olympic match today, as they were defeated 6-4 4-6 6-4 by Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama in the quarter-final, just "one step shy of the medal round". In the press conference Martina and Lisa were obviously disappointed, but they said they want to concentrate on the U.S. Open now.
Article - CNN.SI.com

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August 19 - quarter-final
S. Asagoe / A. Sugiyama (Japan)
6
4
6
M. Navratilova / L. Raymond
4
6
4

August 18 - 2nd round
M. Navratilova / L. Raymond
walkover
A. Mauresmo / M. Pierce (France)

August 15 - 1st round
M. Navratilova / L. Raymond
6
6
0
Y. Beygelzimer / T. Perebiynis (Ukraine)
0
2
0

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08-15

Martina and Lisa's press conference after the first round victory.
Press conference - ASAP Sports


08-19 Martina and Lisa's last olympic press conference.
Press conference - ASAP Sports

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Thursday, August 12

Practise and press conference

01. From: Olympics official website

02. From: Olympics official website

03. From: Yahoo! Sports

04. From: Yahoo! Sports

05. From: Yahoo! Sports

06. From: Yahoo! Sports

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Friday, August 13

Martina at the Opening Ceremony

07. From: Yahoo! Sports

08. From: Getty Images

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Sunday, August 15

First round victory

09. From: Yahoo! Sports

10. From: Yahoo! Sports

11. From: Yahoo! Sports

12. From: Yahoo! Sports

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Thursday, August 19

The last match

13. From: Yahoo! Sports

14. From: Yahoo! Sports

15. From: Yahoo! Sports

16. From: Yahoo! Sports

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Photographs by:

© C. Cunliffe - Athens 2004 official website (link here)
Pictures: 1 - 2

© Adam Butler - Associated Press
Pictures: 3 - 4

© Scott Halleran - Getty Images
Pictures: 5

© Julie Jacobson - Associated Press
Pictures: 6

© Amy Sancetta - Associated Press
Pictures: 7

© Adrian Dennis - AFP
Pictures: 8

© Roberto Schmidt - AFP
Pictures: 9

© Elise Amendola - Associated Press
Pictures: 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 16

© Kim Kyung-Hoon - Reuters
Pictures: 14

© Jacques Demarthon - AFP
Pictures: 15

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