Serena Williams was the deserving winner of the women’s singles gold medal at London 2012 after crushing Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-1 in the most one-sided women's singles final in Olympic history.
Victoria Azarenka claimed the bronze medal after defeating Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4.
Serena then went on to combine with sister Venus Williams to win doubles gold after defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hrdecka in the final. The duo entered the record books once again by becoming the first players, male or female, in tennis history to win four Olympic gold medals.
Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova took doubles bronze.