THE DAY IN BEIJING

TENNIS

Ivanovic withdraws from women’s tourney

Ana Ivanovic gave away her No. 1 seed at the Olympics, withdrawing Sunday because of inflammation in her right thumb that has bothered her for several weeks. Her decision was announced after play was called for the day because of rain, with only nine of 45 scheduled matches completed.

Ivanovic decided to pull out after trying to practice on the eve of her opening match.

"It’s one of the hardest moments in my career," the Serb said. "I’m very, very disappointed."

Among the few players to complete victories was James Blake, at No. 8 the top-seeded American in the men’s draw.

Ten matches were suspended and 26 postponed. Serena Williams was interrupted with a one-set lead, and despite a long wait, Roger Federer never got on court.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Defending champion Argentina loses in opener

Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and defending Olympic champion Argentina lost their opener, losing to Lithuania 78-75 when Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza made a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left.

Another NBA player to lose was Andrew Bogut. His 10 points weren’t enough for Australia in a 97-82 loss to Croatia.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points, and Chris Kaman topped him with 24, leading Germany to a 95-66 victory over Angola.

Pau Gasol scored 11 points and Rudy Fernandez 16 as Spain beat Greece 81-66 in a rematch of the 2006 world championship finals.

DIVING

Chinese duo golden in synchronized springboard

Chinese divers are 1-for-1 after world champions Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard title. A Russian duo took silver and a German pair got bronze, just ahead of Americans Kelci Bryant and Ariel Rittenhouse. The U.S. hasn’t won a diving medal since 2000.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Walsh, May-Treanor start defense with easy win

Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor didn’t need any time at all to get used to the Olympics. The defending beach volleyball gold medalists easily won their opener, beating Mika Teru Saiki and Chiaki Kusuhara of Japan, 21-12, 21-15.

CYCLING

Cook of Britain pedals to road race victory

Britain’s Nicole Cooke won the women’s road race, held in torrential rain on a course that started in Beijing and ended at the Great Wall. Emma Johansson of Sweden got silver and Tatiana Guderzo of Italy the bronze.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Your 117-pound winner: Jaroenrattanatarakoon

Thailand’s Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon set an Olympic record — for amount of weight lifted in the women’s 117-pound class, not for the number of letters in her name. Her haul was 486.2 pounds. South Korea’s Yoon Jinhee finished second and Natassia Novikava of Belarus got the bronze.

Melanie Roach set an American record with 424.6 pounds, but it was only good for sixth.

ARCHERY

South Koreans continue team unbeaten streak

Nobody beats the South Koreans in women’s archery. It never has happened. The South Koreans won their sixth straight team gold medal, every single one since the event’s inception in 1988. China got the silver and France took bronze.

SOCCER

U.S. gives up goal in injury time, ties Netherlands

The U.S. team gave up a free kick in the third minute of injury time and settled for a 2-2 tie against the Netherlands.

Ronaldinho scored two second-half goals to lead Brazil into the quarterfinals with a 5-0 rout over New Zealand.

BOXING

Americans split early-round bouts

Americans went 1-1 in the ring, with Demetrius Andrade beating Georgia’s Kakhaber Juania 11-9 and Javier Molina getting clobbered 14-1 by Bulgaria’s Boris Georgiev.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS