Do you think the Russians will sweep the women's medals? ?

Question

Assuming that Safina wins her match against Jankovic (or did the match already happen? I haven't found any results), there will be 3 Russians in the semi's. Before the olympics happened, I predicted that the Russian women would sweep the Olympics except I thought Kuznetsova would be there not Zvonareva but whatevs. Anyway, do you think they will or will Li Na sneak in and take a medal?

I think it will be

Gold - Safina

Silver - Dementieva

Bronze - Zvonareva

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

I agree with your prediction. That is the same pick as I have. I really thought Venus and Serena Williams would get medals but unfortunately they lost.

Answer 3

Your predictions seem pretty solid. But I won't be surprise to see Li Na take home a medal of some sort, with the home support on her side. I am actually very happy that she turned out to be the Chinese player threatening for a medal. If it was not for her injuries she could have easily been a top 10 player today.

Tim T, I completely agree with you about Dementieva. Personally I would love to see her take home gold as well, but with Safina in the mix, I highly doubt that this is going to happen for her. Her match against Zvonereva is winnable but it's not going to be easy for Elena. And considering that Safina has beaten her three times this year already, I expect another loss for her from Safina.

Answer 4

I hope so! I do not like Jankovic because he fakes injury too much. She came into her last two tournament saying she was injured and made it to the later stages of both. She then said she's playing in Beijing with a career threatning injury and somehow made the quarterfinals -_-

I agree with your prediction, but I hope Elena will win the Gold because she deserves it. She's been around for a long time and has been consistently in the top 10 for YEARS now. She made several grand slam finals and got silver in 2000. I do not think she can actually pull 7 matches together to win a slam, so I hope she gets at least an Olympic medal.