Rafael Nadal gets into the Olympic men's gold medal playoff in the tennis, outlasting Novac Djokovic of Serbia in the semi final 6-4 1-6 6-4. Evenly matched in a swinging exciting encounter with plenty of big shot making, the one that cracked was Djokovic who had Nadal on the ropes on the baseline, defending smashes. He blew the second of two smashes over the baseline. Nadal collapsed in victory on the baseline. He will now play Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the final on Sunday. From memory I think Gonzalez is the former Olympic champion.