Serbia's Djokovic wins men's singles tennis bronze

MEDAL AT LAST: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating James Blake of the United States during the men's singles bronze medal tennis match.

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Beijing: Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the first medal of the Olympic tennis tournament on Saturday, beating American James Blake 6-3, 7-6 to go home with bronze.

The world No. 3, narrowly beaten by Spain's Rafael Nadal in Friday's semi-final, broke early in the first set and was rock solid throughout.

Blake, who ended Swiss world No. 1 Roger Federer's run in the singles on Thursday, made a scrap of it in the second set and Djokovic became rattled, smashing his racket at 4-4.

However, the Australian Open champion went 6-4 ahead in the tiebreaker and fell to his knees in joy when Blake put a backhand into the tramlines.

The Serb celebrated by throwing most of his kit, including his rackets and shirt, into the crowd after holding aloft the Serbian flag.

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