Venus Williams capped a heavenly season by becoming a double Olympic champion, joining sister Serena to produce a record-breaking doubles result to close the Olympic tennis competition. The Williams' crushed the Dutch duo of Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans 6-1 6-1 in the doubles final - the most one-sided final in Olympic tennis history.

"To have a victory like this with Serena, my sister, a family member, my best friend, doesn't happen often," said Venus, who added the doubles crown to the singles title she won on Wednesday against Russian Elena Dementieva. Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Tommy Haas of Germany in five gruelling sets in the men's singles to claim Russia's first ever Olympic tennis gold. The fifth-seeded Kafelnikov claimed a 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 62 4-6 6-3 victory in a baseline battle that took three hours and 34 minutes to produce a champion.