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​Rio Olympics 2016: Venus Williams deprived of fifth gold medal with loss in mixed doubles

Jack Sock and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams in an all-American mixed-doubles gold medal match Sunday in Rio.

Ram and Williams took the first set, 7-6 (3), but dropped the second, 6-1, and lost the tie-breaker 10-7, at the sparsely-attended Rio tennis venue.

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The loss marks the third time Williams has come up short in Rio for her fifth career Olympic gold medal.

She and her sister, Serena, were knocked out in the first round of the women’s doubles tournament, the first time the sisters lost an Olympic doubles match.