Serena Williams Wins Women's Singles Gold - London 2012 Olympics

Full replay as the USA's Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova in stunning fashion to win Gold in the Women's Singles at Wimbledon during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Tennis has a long Olympic history but withdrew from the programme after 1924. It did not return as a medal sport until 1988. Professionals are now welcome to compete, and the Olympic competition includes men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles.

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[brenchengbrencheng]

One word when Serena plays like this. SCARY!! If you don't understand how great she is as a tennis player, you are not a tennis fan. Love her or hate her, we know she is simply the best of her generation if not the best of all time

[cjankm]

I sweat to god there is nothing i enjoy more than watching serena dragging maria around a tennis court like her own personal rag doll. lol 

[Lishmaa]

This by far is the best piece of tennis ever played by any women, Serena Williams defiantly best Womens Tennis player of all time and surely one of the best overall ! 

[cbodessia]

This was one of the greatest matches ever played in womens tennis history. People actually forget how good Sharapova is, but how BAD Serena makes her look. 

[pedrohernandez]

Serena Williams is Probably the best Tennis player in women's single Tennis she won 18 grand slams and she got an olympic gold medal its hard to top that 

[justincartwright]

22:16 When Serena has that look in her eyes, all you can say is, "Uh oh."

[Qun]

I re-watch this match at least once a year!!!
Pure, sheer GOAT behavior from Queen Serena!
Made us 🇺🇸 proud!

[JWNS]

It's just amazing how Serena dominated the other players during the Olympics 2012! These weren't just 50th ranked players, these were the best players in the world and Serena just annihilated them.  Just an amazing and dominating performance during the Olympic run.  Go Serena!!

[Douglas-]

Every tennis player has a tournament where they played their absolute peak game. Serena’s was here, 2012 Olympics, scary amazing form. Unbeatable at her best. Amazing play from Serena.

[cypher]

Will go down as one of the most dominating runs in tennis medal history.  Serena was focused, determined, and not to be denied.  Utterly amazing what she did to this field.  Was a virtuoso performance for the ages.  

[osiyemi]

That fierce look Serena gave at 22:20. Like I'm ready for you, You're gonna have a long day

[cypher]

One of the most dominant performances at a tournament I've seen. Serena was dialed in and laser focused from match one and she literally crushed every opponent. And it wasn't even close. She was determined to have that gold medal and nothing was going to stop her. And the conditions in that final were not easy to deal with considering all the wind and it still didn't matter as Serena was in complete control. And finally the best part is it happened at the Olympic games in front of the entire world watching. Priceless!!

[zachd]

This is no rivalry. Serena will forever slay Maria in tennis

[MsZeitgeist]

It is one thing to play Serena. It is another to play Serena when she is in the zone. That day she was in the zone and unbeatable.

[mentrailturman]

The William Sister are the evolution of tennis. They completely came in and changed the game. Brilliance at its best!

[serenaistheb.o.a.t]

Forever the highest level of tennis we'll ever see from a man or woman.

[goebels]

When Serena is in the zone you just need to put your racket down and beg for mercy.

[xavierrichardson]

Each side of this tennis court represented something very different. On Serena's side; how to win an Olympic final and on Maria's side; how to embarrass yourself at an Olympic final. This was also a metaphorical experience as well as Maria became everything negative and all the undignified perceptions people have about Serena. Serena used her racquet as her only defense and put all her opposition hastily to rest.

[Nikki]

Still can't believe the announcer had the audacity to say that Maria would be more agile than Serena. In what universe has Maria been consistently more agile than Serena? 😑

[fonyuytata]

This is probably the worst defeat suffered by a world number 2 to number 1 in tennis history damn Serena on fire!