Dennis

Annika!

Dutch women lost 3-2 against team USA, but winning these two sets will put extra pressure on Italy. The Netherlands now have 3 points, where 0 points were expected, so all in all a good start for the Dutch team.

Annemiek is okay according to the Dutch team. She is conscious and is able to talk to the ambulance personnel.

1 minute ago, Pavlo said:

Niewiadoma was close, not close enough, congrats for NED, SWE and ITA

Niewiadoma's time will come. She's a great talent.

Heartbeat in my throat. This is amazing!

Great win against China! The Dutch somehow managed to turn another 1-2 around, just like they did during the WGP.

On 11 juli 2016 at 19:15, DaniSRB said:

women's quotas http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ogr-women/

The two Dutch women did not meet the criteria of the Dutch NOC and will therefore not be present in Rio.

Amazing bronze medal for the Dutch women after beating China and Russia, both in five sets. Russia even had 4 match points in the third set.

The Dutch girls have made incredible progress in the past two years. I'm curious to see what they can do in Rio.

 Reinder Nummerdor (and Christiaan Varenhorst won the Moscow Grand Slam earlier today, taking revenge for their lost World Championships final last year by beating the reigning world champions  Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt in three sets.

2 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

Do you think, the dutch federation would really have sticked to its gun and sending no one to the olympics if she didn't make the 4th round ?

I wouldn't have been surprised if the Dutch NOC decided to send no female tennis players to Rio.

In 2012, Miranda Boonstra ran the Rotterdam marathon in 2:27.32 under terrible conditions, which was 8 seconds above the limit of the Dutch NOC. They decided not to send her to London. The Dutch NOC is quite strict with their additional criteria.

Now, Kiki might also play mixed doubles with Jean-Julien Rojer. 

Bertens in 4th round of singles and QF in doubles after beating Williams x2!

Bertens just defeated Kasatkina (10-8 in the third set), which means she meets the Dutch NOC requirements of making the 4th round at a slam and being ranked in the top 56. We have a female singles player at the Olympics.

Can't believe this. Just a few months ago she was ranked 101. No way I thought she was going to make the 4th round at a slam and be in the top 56 before the end of the qualifying period.

Schippers running 22.02 in front of her home crowd.

A Greek gold medal! 

Just now, heywoodu said:

If by "ready to compete against" you mean "ready to qualify for the final and be in the same race", then yes  

 

 

Haha, yeah,  is too good, but hopefully another medal. 

Easy win for the Dutch girls, showing they're ready to compete against the top favorites  in Rio.

There are two Dutch flags in the Olympic qualification list for women in the latest post by mrv86, but only one of them met the Dutch national standards. So that quota will be relocated.

Got goosebumps all over! What an exciting race!

What a weird second set, where  suddenly managed to raise its level, but then it dropped again during the third.

Deserved victory for , but what a weird scoreline.