Williams sisters to fight Spain for gold in Women's Tennis

(BEIJING, August 16) -- Serena and Venus Williams of the United States will go against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the Women's Doubles gold medal match on Sunday, August 17, at the Olympic Green Tennis Center.

The Williams sisters, gold medalists at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, will be aiming for a second gold medal here in Beijing.

Serena and Venus will try to follow in the footsteps of Gigi and Mary Jo Fernandez, who won back-to-back Olympic Women's Doubles titles for the United States, at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.

Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual ended China's hope for Tennis gold when they defeated Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 6-4, 7-6 (5) in their semifinal match.

Ruano Pascual played in the Women's Doubles final with Conchita Martinez of Spain in Athens in 2004, losing to Li Ting and Sun Tiantian of China.

Spain has never won an Olympic gold medal in Tennis, but has two chances to do so on Sunday as Rafael Nadal will be on the court for the Men's Singles final.

Yan and Zheng will take on Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in the bronze medal match, also scheduled for Sunday.