Originally Posted by striing:
“I was staggered when I realised yesterday that Venus is still in. I thought she seemed ill in her singles match and assumed the doubles loss was due to her but maybe not.”
Serena does have a shoulder injury, so she wasn't 100% either, but fortunately for Venus, there was a couple of days break between her early losses and the start of the mixed-doubles. Apparently she had the virus before she got to Rio (so not Zika), so it sounds as if it has run its course and she's back on form just in time. If she wins gold, she'll be the first tennis player to win singles, doubles and mixed golds.