The US pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock beat compatriots Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram for the gold medal in the tennis mixed doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock lost the first set 6-7 (3) but neatly won the second set 6-1 and the third set 10-7 in a super tiebreak at Rio's Olympic Tennis Center on Sunday Aug 14,2016
Bethanie Mattek-Sands(31)who just two months ago had broken her left thumb, and Jack Sock(23)who also won a bronze medal in Rio in doubles play, had triumphed over the Czech team of Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek in the SF's
The Czechs won the bronze medal on Sunday by defeating India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 6-1 and 7-5.
The win by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock prevented Venus Williams partnered with Rajeev Ram from becoming the first tennis player in history to win 5 Olympic Gold Medals, although her Silver Medal ties her at 5 medals of whatever type with Britain's Kathleen McKane, who won her awards in 1920 and 1924
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