Olympic report
Volleyball
• Beach: Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser rallied for a 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 victory against Spain on Tuesday to remain unbeaten in the preliminary round of the beach volleyball tournament. Defending world champions and top-seeded Emanuel and Alison of Brazil also won, beating Switzerland. On the women’s side, Americans April Ross and Jennifer Kessy needed three sets to beat the Netherlands 21-15, 21-12, 15-8.
• Indoor: Clay Stanley scored 16 points and the U.S. men’s team improved to 2-0 in preliminary pool play with a 25-23, 25-16, 25-20 victory over Germany.
Tennis
Andy Roddick spent less than an hour on the court during an emphatic loss to Novak Djokovic. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga needed a much longer run to advance against Milos Raonic. Roddick lost 6-2, 6-1 to Djokovic in 54 minutes, leaving the 29-year-old American to fend off more questions about retirement. Tsonga of France moved on by winning the longest set in Olympic history. He beat Raonic of Canada 6-3, 3-6, 25-23. The final set lasted three hours and 257 points.
Water polo
Ryan Bailey and Peter Varellas scored three goals apiece and the United States recovered from a slow start to beat Romania 10-8 in the men’s tournament. The U.S. and gold medal-favorite Serbia are tied for the Group B lead with four points apiece after two matches. Serbia beat host Britain 21-7.
Field hockey
Shannon Taylor scored late in the first half and the U.S. upset Argentina 1-0 in women’s field hockey. The Americans got some key saves from Amy Swensen and kept Argentine star Luciana Aymar largely silent throughout in beating the No. 2-ranked team in the world.
Diving
Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao led China to its third diving gold in London, this one off the big tower in women’s 10-meter synchronized diving. China won going away with 368.40 points, and the country is nearly halfway to its goal of sweeping the eight diving events.
Equestrian
Zara Phillips gave the royal family plenty to cheer about, helping team Britain to a second-place equestrian finish behind Germany. Phillips’ mother, Princess Anne, watched, then presented her daughter and the rest of the winners with their medals at the ceremony. Michael Jung on Sam led the German eventing team to its second consecutive Olympic gold – and then picked up the individual gold to boot with a combined score of 40.6 after incurring no penalties beyond his initial dressage score.
Other action
Judo: Slovenia’s Urska Zolnir (women’s 63kg) and South Korea’s Kim Jae-bum (men’s 81kg) each nabbed golds. … Fencing: The gold medal for men’s individual foil went to Lei Sheng of China. … Weightlifting: Maiya Maneza won Kazakhstan’s second gold in London and set an Olympic record in the women’s 63-kilogram category. … Badminton: Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia edged Pablo Abian of Spain 22-20, 21-11, setting up a showdown of Olympic champions against Lin Dan in the round of 16.