US name Olympic tennis squads

 
 
Former gold medal winners Serena and Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport will front the US women's tennis team for the Beijing Olympics.

US women's tennis coach Zina Garrison announced that the trio would make up the three singles entries -- the two nominated women's doubles pairings consist of Liezel Huber with Davenport and the Williams sisters.

Men's tennis coach Rodney Harmon announced a five-player men's team with James Blake, Sam Querrey and Robby Ginepri named to the team in singles.

Bob and Mike Bryan, the top ranked doubles team in the world, make up one doubles pairing along with Blake and Querrey.

Venus Williams won gold in singles and doubles with her sister in 2000 but was unable to defend her title when the U.S women failed to qualify for Athens four years ago.

Davenport won the singles at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

The three men in the singles line-up will all be making their first Olympic appearances while the Bryant brothers return after their quarter-final finish four years ago.