Olympic Results with Cheer

Olympic tennis is over, but some nice things happened.  On the women’s side, Monica Puig, who has shown some signs of real improvement in her singles game over the past several months, won the gold medal.  She is a native of Puerto Rico, a territory beleaguered by debt and in misery at the moment.  She gave her homeland something to smile about, and we’ll see if this win propels her to greater success at the upcoming US Open.

On the men’s side, Juan Martin del Potro almost did one of the hardest things to do in the open era – beat three of the “big four” in three consecutive matches.  After taking out Djokovic and Nadal, he finally fell to Andy Murray, who is playing the best tennis of his career this year.  Will del Potro’s wrist hold up from here on out?  We have to wait and see, but nobody who is significantly hampered with an injury can take out players of the caliber of Djokovic and Nadal, so we have to assume the wrist is OK for now.  As with Puig, we have to watch him over the next several weeks to find out if he’s at a new level.  Grats to Murray, who won his second Olympic gold.