Federer and Venus given Olympic Boot

It was a very sad day for fans of Roger Federer and Venus Williams, as top seed Federer and number seven seed Venus Williams crashed and burned in the quarter finals.

Venus Williams was one of the favorites to win the Olympic Gold and astonishingly she was beaten by unseeded Chinese player Li Na. Williams lost 7-5, 7-5.

Roger Federer was shown the Olympic door by US number one James Blake. Federer lost 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).

Things have not been well with Federer since he lost his Wimbledon crown. This was his 3rd defeat in 6 matches. He was earlier beaten by Gilles Simon in Canada and then by Ivo Karlovic in Cincinnati.

This means young blood Raphael Nadal will become number one, dethroning Roger Federer who ruled for a record 4 and a half years.