Tennis - Anything strange with these results?

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=944 border=0><TBODY><TR class=tdTitle><TD class="verticalMiddle fontBold" width=250>Event </TD><TD class="verticalMiddle fontBold" width=120>Date</TD><TD class="verticalMiddle fontBold" width=100>Medal</TD><TD class="verticalMiddle fontBold">Name</TD><TD class="verticalMiddle fontBold" width=180>NOC</TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD class=leftText>Men's Singles</TD><TD>Sun Aug 17</TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>NADAL Rafael </TD><TD class=leftText> Spain</TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>GONZALEZ Fernando </TD><TD class=leftText> Chile</TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>


</TD><TD class=leftText>DJOKOVIC Novak


</TD><TD class=leftText> Serbia


</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD class=leftText>Men's Doubles</TD><TD>Sat Aug 16</TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>FEDERER Roger </TD><TD class=leftText> Switzerland</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>WAWRINKA Stanislas


</TD><TD class=leftText></TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>ASPELIN Simon </TD><TD class=leftText> Sweden</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>JOHANSSON Thomas


</TD><TD class=leftText></TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>BRYAN Bob </TD><TD class=leftText> United States</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>BRYAN Mike


</TD><TD class=leftText></TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD class=leftText>Women's Singles</TD><TD>Sun Aug 17</TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>DEMENTIEVA Elena </TD><TD class=leftText> Russian Fed.</TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>SAFINA Dinara </TD><TD class=leftText> Russian Fed.</TD></TR><TR class=tdOne><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>


</TD><TD class=leftText>ZVONAREVA Vera


</TD><TD class=leftText> Russian Fed.


</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD class=leftText>Women's Doubles</TD><TD>Sun Aug 17</TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>WILLIAMS Serena </TD><TD class=leftText> United States</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>WILLIAMS Venus


</TD><TD class=leftText></TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel </TD><TD class=leftText> Spain</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>RUANO PASCUAL Virginia


</TD><TD class=leftText></TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD><TD class=leftText>YAN Zi </TD><TD class=leftText> China</TD></TR><TR class=tdTwo><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD class=leftText>ZHENG Jie


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Do not understand? What so strange about the results?

Unless maybe the hot fav like Federer and Williams end up winning double match instead of the single gold as expected. But Nadal winning is in a way expected going by his form recently...

manu74 said:

Do not understand? What so strange about the results?

Unless maybe the hot fav like Federer and Williams end up winning double match instead of the single gold as expected. But Nadal winning is in a way expected going by his form recently...

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What is strange is that if one cannot win the gold, it does not mean one can end up with the silver or bronze. This is due to the knockout system that produces such freak result.

For example, in the men's singles, Roger Federer, if not good enough for a gold, should be good enough for a silver but he crashes out.

Then, for the women's singles, either Venus or Serena is good enough for a silver or bronze, if they don't get gold.