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Williams sisters, Capriati in Olympics
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-06-27 10:39 Martina Navratilova, Serena
and Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati and Andy Roddick head the U.S. Olympic
tennis teams announced Saturday at Wimbledon.
Navratilova this week became the oldest woman since 1922 to win a singles
match at Wimbledon, where she's also entered in women's doubles and mixed
doubles. She'll make her Olympic debut at 47 and will play doubles.
"She has done everything possible to have that opportunity," U.S. women's
coach Zina Garrison said. "She is totally, totally geeked about going."
Capriati will represent the United States in international team competition
for the first time since a falling out with former Fed Cup captain Billie Jean
King in April 2002. She won the gold at the Barcelona Olympics as a 16-year-old
in 1992.
The Williams sisters won the women's doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games, and
Venus won the singles gold. They'll play singles and doubles at the Aug. 13-29
Athens Olympics. Capriati and Chanda Rubin will play singles, while Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond will be the other doubles team.
Roddick, the U.S. Open champion who's ranked No. 2, will be joined on the
men's squad by No. 20 Mardy Fish, No. 30 Vince Spadea and No. 31 Taylor Dent in
singles, plus the top-ranked doubles team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan.
Roddick and Fish will play doubles together.
"I'm impressed at how excited our guys are," U.S. men's coach Patrick McEnroe
said. "It's honestly all they talk about."
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