Rafael Nadal of Spain is indeed the heavy favorite against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile going into the Olympic Gold Medal match for the Men’s Singles Tennis event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A look into Rafael Nadal’s recent accomplishments include a championship at the 2008 French Open and at the 2008 Wimbledon.

Clearly, Rafael Nadal is the best player in the world right now. Even though Roger Federer of Switzerland still leads the ATP Men’s rankings, his inability to win more tournaments than usual in the 2008 season has allowed Rafael Nadal to come very close to overtaking Roger Federer.

Roger Federer didn’t have a good campaign for an Olympic Gold Medal, losing out to James Blake of the USA. According to Roger Federer, the schedule of the tennis ttournament in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was just ridiculous because it would have the players go through as much as 11 games within one week. Certainly, even if they were tennis professionals, that kind of schedule doesn’t make it easy for the players. In fact, the tennis tournament would be a survival of the fittest as players will be given little time to recuperate before they have to go back in the court again.

Well, that’s how things go in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and if you stick on who the fittest tennis players really are, then perhaps Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and Rafael Nadal of Spain are it!

The winner of the Nadal vs Gonzalez match will go on to win an Olympic Gold Medal while the loser will be awarded the Silver medal.

When the Olympics is done, the last grand slam tournament of the tennis season will be played. The 2008 US Tennis Open will kick off on August 25 in New York.

Find out the latest odds on Rafael Nadal vs Ferando Gonzalez by visiting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sportsbook.

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