SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) – She ended up with a bronze medal, not the gold she had hoped for but Monica Seles was still all smiles on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seles beat Australian teenager Jelena Dokic 6-1 6-4 in only 59 minutes in the third-place playoff for the women’s singles at the Olympic Games and said the win made up for some of the disappointment of her semi-final loss to United States teammate Venus Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’m just happy that I won a medal,” said the Yugoslavia-born former world number one. “I’ve never had a medal in my life before and I’m really excited that I’ll be coming back for the medal ceremony tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seles will be presented with her medal after Wednesday’s women’s singles final between Williams and Russia’s Elena Dementieva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I really didn’t want to play today — I was really down,” she said. “But you can’t always get the gold. Bronze is good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dokic, whose controversial father Damir did not attend her matches here, said she had been happy with her performances in her first Olympic Games despite missing out on a medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s been a great experience and something I can learn from,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I thought Monica played really well today. She served well, was hitting the lines and hardly gave me anything.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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