The Czech Republic pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka have caused an upset in the women's doubles Olympic semi-final by beating the American number one seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.
The Czech pair, seeded fourth in the event, missed out on a break point in the American's first service game before taking their eighth opportunity at a break two games later after eight deuces.
Hlavackova and Hradecka broke again in the sixth game before serving out the opener 6-1 in 35 minutes on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon.
The Czechs then saved a break point in their opening service game of the second before taking the lead by breaking to lead 3-2.
They had the chance to serve it out at 5-4 but were soon down 0-40 and, despite bringing it back to deuce, were broken as the second set was levelled.
Soon the four women were in a tie-break and after an even start it was the Czechs who ran away with it, reeling off five points in a row from 2-2 to book their place in the final.
Hlavackova and Hradecka will face either the American Williams sisters or third seeds Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia for the gold medal.
Pascal Lemesre
