Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The tennis tournaments at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were staged at the All England Club in Wimbledon, from 28 July to 5 August. This was the first grass court tournament since tennis was reintroduced to the Olympics. A total of 190 players competed in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and, for the first time since 1924, mixed doubles were officially included. The Olympic tennis events were run and organised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and were part of the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association's tours.Neither of the defending singles champions competed, since Elena Dementieva had retired from professional tennis in 2010 and Rafael Nadal withdrew due to tendinitis. Andy Murray beat Roger Federer. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova and along with her sister Venus Williams defended her Women's doubles title. The Bryan brothers took the Men's doubles title.Serena Williams became the second female player to win a career Golden Grand Slam after winning the gold medal and the first player in history, male or female, to win the career Golden Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.. }
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- Tennis_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics abstract "The tennis tournaments at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were staged at the All England Club in Wimbledon, from 28 July to 5 August. This was the first grass court tournament since tennis was reintroduced to the Olympics. A total of 190 players competed in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and, for the first time since 1924, mixed doubles were officially included. The Olympic tennis events were run and organised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and were part of the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association's tours.Neither of the defending singles champions competed, since Elena Dementieva had retired from professional tennis in 2010 and Rafael Nadal withdrew due to tendinitis. Andy Murray beat Roger Federer. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova and along with her sister Venus Williams defended her Women's doubles title. The Bryan brothers took the Men's doubles title.Serena Williams became the second female player to win a career Golden Grand Slam after winning the gold medal and the first player in history, male or female, to win the career Golden Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.".