Skip to main content
The Web    CNN.com      Powered by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SERVICES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEARCH
Web CNN.com
powered by Yahoo!
World Sport

Massu claims second gold in a day


story.massu.afp.jpg
Massu had hardly any sleep after his doubles victory
SPECIAL REPORT
• Olympics 2004: Special report 

ATHENS, Greece -- Nicolas Massu of Chile won the Olympic men's singles tennis gold medal when he beat American Mardy Fish in five sets in Sunday's final, 16 hours after winning the doubles with Fernando Gonzalez.

He hung in for a 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win, to cap a tremendous day in Olympic history for Chile.

His five-set doubles win was Chile's first ever Olympic gold medal in any sport.

It finished at 2:40 on Sunday morning and after the medals ceremony he had to go to doping control and for a massage.

But on Sunday night, after hardly any sleep, he fought back from two sets-to-one down to win in four hours of momentous tennis.

Gonzalez, who lost to Fish in the semi-finals, beat American Taylor Dent for the bronze medal to give Chile three Olympic medals in a day.


Story Tools
Subscribe to Time for $1.99 cover
Top Stories
Three share U.S. Open lead
Top Stories
CNN/Money: Security alert issued for 40 million credit cards
 
 
 
 

International Edition
CNN TV CNN International Headline News Transcripts Advertise With Us About Us
SEARCH
   The Web    CNN.com     
Powered by
© 2005 Cable News Network LP, LLLP.
A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines. Contact us.
external link
All external sites will open in a new browser.
CNN.com does not endorse external sites.
 Premium content icon Denotes premium content.
Add RSS headlines.