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Genevan Marc Rosset was only 21 when he won the tennis gold medal against Spaniard Jordi Arrese at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Having beaten Emilio Sanchez in the quarter-finals in an electric atmosphere with spectators insulting him, then Goran Ivanisevic in the semi-finals, Marc Rosset fought in 40-degree heat for over 5 hours against Arrese, a true clay court specialist. Despite a heat stroke after the first two sets, he won against the Spaniard 7-6 6-4 4-6 4-6 8-6.
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It was in the 8th finals, against the world number 1 at the time, Jim Courier, that Marc Rosset exploded in the eyes of the public. The Genevan thwarted the predictions and pulverized his opponent (6-4 6-2 6-1).That’s when I realized I could go all the way.“, he would later admit. To this day, he remains the only Swiss player to have won the Olympic men’s tennis singles. Belinda Bencic equaled him in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.
In men’s doubles, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka won gold in Beijing in 2008. Four years later, Roger Federer lost in the men’s singles final to Britain’s Andy Murray.
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