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Serena Williams Crushes Sharapova to Claim 3rd Olympic Gold
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Serena Williams of the USA serves the ball at the London 2012 Olympic Games Tennis competition at Wimbledon. Photo by London2012.com
US tennis player Serena Williams won Saturday her first olympic gold medal with a decisive victory over Russian Maria Sharapova at the London 2012 women's tennis final.
At the Old England Club, Williams left no chance to Sharapova and won the match with 6:0, 6:1.
The olympic bronze medal went to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka after she defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko.
This is the third olympic gold medal for 14-times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, who has lost just 5 games at the three Olympic finals she played.
For Russian Sharapova, London 2012 was the first Olympic Games whe has played in.
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