Fish put up a fight in the final, but lost 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The medal scoreboard reads Nicolas Massu 2, Americans 1. Chile's Massu has two golds after beating Mardy Fish in five sets in Sunday's men's final. Fish settled for silver after Taylor Dent just missed out on the bronze on Saturday.
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| Labadze withdraws from men's tennis Irakli Labadze of Georgia withdrew from the Olympic tennis tournament Friday with a right wrist injury. |
| Russian tennis coaches denied credentials Several Russian tennis coaches failed to get accredited for the Olympics because their national federation failed to submit applications. |
| Venus vs. Justine in tennis quarters? Defending singles gold medalist Venus Williams and top-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne were drawn Thursday to face each other in the quarterfinals in Athens. |
| Federer, Henin-Hardenne awarded top seeds Roger Federer of Switzerland and Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium were seeded No. 1 Wednesday for the Athens singles tournaments. |
| Serena withdraws hours before flight to Greece Serena Williams pulled out of the Summer Olympics just hours before she was to travel to Greece with her U.S. tennis teammates. |
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| French Open champ Gaudio pulls out of Games French Open champion Gaston Gaudio pulled out of the Athens Olympics with a heel injury. |
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| German tennis asks committee to reconsider Germany's tennis federation asked its Olympic committee to reverse its plan to bar the country's top two female players. |
| Coria out of Olympic tennis with injured shoulder Guillermo Coria will skip the Athens Olympics because of a right shoulder injury, his trainer said Wednesday. |
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