Stars come out

Williams sisters, Federer, Nadal win; Wade leads basketball

By Orlando Sentinel and wire reports

August 13, 2008

U.S. soccer teammates (from left) Lindsay Tarpley, Heather O'Reilly, Shannon Boxx and Amy Rodriguez celebrate a goal in their 4-0 win over New Zealand. (AP photo / August 12, 2008)

•ArcheryNative Georgian Khatuna Lorig, now competing for the United States, reached the quarterfinals of the women's individual competition yesterday by winning twice. Her U.S. teammate Jenny Nichols tied an Olympic record with 114 points out of 120 in the first round but lost to ninth-seeded Nami Hayakawa of Japan in the next round to be eliminated.

•BadmintonHoward Bach and Bob Malaythong became the first U.S. team to make it to the quarterfinal round of men's doubles. They beat the South African team of Chris and Roelof Dednam•Basketball Dwyane Wade scored 19 points for the U.S. team as it walked through to an easy 97-76 win over Angola. Dwight Howard scored 14 points and LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony each scored 12. The U.S. next plays Greece tomorrow. In other games, Lithuania beat Iran, 99-67; Croatia beat Russia, 85-78; Greece beat Germany, 87-64; Spain beat China in overtime, 85-75, after Yao Ming fouled out; and Argentina beat Australia, 85-68.

•Beach VolleyballKerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor beat the Cuban pair of Dalixia Fernandez and Tamara Larrea. Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal won over Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann of Germany. Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Argentina's Martin Conde and Mariano Baracetti.

•BoxingThe lone U.S. boxer yesterday didn't fare very well. Rau'shee Warren lost to Lee Oksung of South Korea, 9-8.

•Canoe/KayakMichal Martikan of Slovakia won the whitewater single canoe competition. In the single kayak whitewater slalom event, Alexander Grimm of Germany won gold.

•DivingChina continued its medal parade in the women's 10-meter platform synchronized event as Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin took the gold. Briony Cole and Melissa Wu of Australia got the silver and Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz of Mexico got the bronze.

•FencingThe U.S. came within a couple touches of a medal in the men's individual sabre, but in the end Keeth Smart settled for sixth after losing to fourth-place finisher Julien Pillet. The winner was Zhong Man of China, followed by Nicolas Lopez of France and Mihai Covaliu of Romania.

•Field HockeyThe U.S. women's team continued to surprise with its second draw in two games. The U.S. is tied with Argentina for third place with three points in Group B. In other games, Australia beat Spain, 6-1, China topped South Africa, 3-0, and Argentina and Great Britain played to a 2-2 tie.

•JudoOle Bischof of Germany beat Kim Jaebum of South Korea to win the men's half-middleweight competition. In the women's half-middleweight division Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan beat Lucie Decosse of France for the gold. •RowingIn the men's eight the U.S. boat finished first in one heat. Another first came in the women's double sculls.

•SailingIn the laser radial class, American Anna Tunnicliffe has the lead after two races. •ShootingAmerican Glenn Eller won the men's double trap. •SoccerThe U.S. women beat New Zealand, 4-0, to reach the quarterfinals. The U.S. got goals from Heather O'Reilly, Amy Rodriguez, Lindsay Tarpley and Angela Hucles. In other games, Germany beat North Korea, 1-0; Brazil stopped Nigeria, 3-1; China shut out Argentina, 2-0; Sweden beat Canada, 2-1; and Japan crushed Norway, 5-1. In the quarterfinals, the U.S. faces Canada.

•SoftballThe U.S. team looked extremely strong in an 11-0, five-inning pasting of Venezuela. Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott combined for the shutout. The 11 runs were an Olympic record. In other games, Canada beat Taiwan, 6-1, China crushed the Netherlands, 10-2, and Japan beat Australia, 4-3.

•Swimming Eamon Sullivan took back the world record in the 100-meter freestyle semis, about two minutes after Frenchman Alain Bernard lowered it. Sullivan won his heat this morning in 47.05 seconds, topping Bernard's time of 47.20 set in the first semifinal.

•Tennis The Williams sisters rallied from one set down to beat Iveta Benesova and Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. In singles, Serena beat Australia's Samantha Stosur, 6-2, 6-0, and Venus beat Benesova, 6-1, 6-4. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both won their matches easily.

•VolleyballThe U.S. team remained strong days after the murder of the coach's father-in-law with a 3-games-to-1 win over Italy. It left the U.S. team undefeated after two games and atop the Pool A standings. The U.S. won, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21. In other matches, Russia beat Germany, 3-2, Poland shut out Egypt, 3-0, Brazil got by Serbia, 1-0, and China beat Venezuela, 3-2.

•Water poloThe U.S. men's team remained undefeated, beating Italy, 12-11. It is tied with Croatia atop Group B with a 2-0 record. In other games, Montenegro beat Canada, Spain beat Australia, Hungary stopped Greece, Croatia beat Serbia, and Germany beat China.