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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Novak Djokovic will face 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the first round of the Olympics in a rematch of the 2012 bronze medal match.Del Potros ranking has fallen to 145th after he endured three operations on his left wrist. But at his first Grand Slam in 2 1/2 years, he upset fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka at Wimbledon last month. The Argentine beat Djokovic for bronze in London four years ago.The top-ranked Djokovic, a 12-time major champion, is seeking his first Olympic title. A potential semifinal opponent in Rio de Janeiro is third-seeded Rafael Nadal, who hasnt played since withdrawing from the French Open because of a left wrist injury.Reigning gold medalist Andy Murray could face fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori in the semifinals. The Wimbledon champion will meet 35th-ranked Viktor Troicki in the first round in the 64-player draw, which was announced Thursday.Hes one of the better players thats not seeded, Murray said. He likes the hard court. Good competitor, good mover. Definitely a tough opening match.In the womens draw, top-ranked Serena Williams, the reigning gold medalist, could face older sister Venus in the semifinals. Also on her half of the draw is Spains Garbine Muguruza, who beat the 22-time major champion in this years French Open final. And a potential quarterfinal opponent is Italys Roberta Vinci, who stunned Williams in last years U.S. Open semifinals to end the Americans Grand Slam bid.The Williams sisters, coming off a Wimbledon title, are seeded first in doubles as they seek their fourth gold medal together.The tournament starts Saturday, though Murray, who will be Britains flag bearer at Fridays opening ceremony, doesnt play until Sunday. He is also seeded second in doubles with older brother Jamie, who won this years Australian Open title with regular partner Bruno Soares of Brazil. Andy Murray said he considered his Olympic singles and doubles competitions to be of equal importance.The Murray brothers face two other Brazilians, Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa, in the first round.Im sure the crowd will be pretty lively, Jamie Murray said.Its going to be a tough team, he added, and obviously inspired to play in their home Olympics. Expect them to perform well.Wawrinka and Roger Federer were expected to contend for another doubles gold medal for Switzerland, but both pulled out of the Olympics because of injuries, leaving the Rio Games without two of the top four men in the rankings. Overall, half of the top 20 wont be in Brazil for various reasons, though the draw still has the star power of Djokovic, Murray and Nadal.Murray noted that if not for injuries to Federer and Wawrinka, every mens Grand Slam champion of the past decade-plus would be in Rio.It is unfortunate. The Olympics in London was very strong, Murray said. 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To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans.Great Britain head coach Simon Amor believes that rugby sevens soaring global standards will make qualification alone a tough assignment for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.Amors squad ended the mens tournament at Deodoro Stadium with a silver medal after?missing out to Fiji in the final.Britain made a mark by beating sevens powerhouses like New Zealand and South Africa during their six-match campaign. The tournament delivered some spectacular moments -- Japans defeat of New Zealand being a prime example -- and Amor is enthused about prospects for sevens.I think World Rugby has done an amazing job growing the game, he said.You see the level of competition -- the womens game is going through the roof, the developing rugby nations are getting better and better, and in four years time you are going to see an unbelievable tournament.It is going to be difficult to qualify for 2020, let alone get a medal. That is the direction it is going in.Amor paid tribute to his players, who only came together as a group barely three months before Rio, but still finished on the medal podium.I certainly think we maximised every opportunity, he added.We made the best of the challenges we faced. We knew what they were, and the ability of that team to adapt into the Olympics was second to none.It is important everyone has a bit of time off now and switches off, and then we start again on the World Series when I get back into the office on Monday with my England hat back on.For Amors opposite number in the final -- former England Sevens head coach Ben Ryan -- it was a strange experience, given his role in developing many of the Great Britain squad.ddddddddddddRyan said: I find it quite awkward coaching against them because I know a lot of them. I knew Dan Norton when he was 16. Tom Mitchell, the captain, I watched him play in Bristol University Freshers Week, Dan Bibby was playing for Cardiff Met, Marcus Watson I picked up when he was released by London Irish academy. James Rodwell I coached for England counties.Tom has never played a game of XVs in his life, and he is an absolute genius on the sevens field. He could be a terrific 12 at international and Premiership level, given the chance in XVs.Reflecting on his departure from the Rugby Football Union in 2013, Ryan added: There is no animosity involved. The guys I had head to heads with are no longer at the RFU.I had seven years with England, and my last tournament was a World Cup final. We got battered by New Zealand.I just got a bit disillusioned and flat, and with a few things that were going on at the RFU.I came to Fiji and just got back to basics again and stripped away all the other stuff that sometimes comes with these programmes -- too many people, too many layers.We have simple leadership and a very simple framework of what we do. We set simple standards. Everyone knows what is going on.There is no politics around the players or management. It works. ' ' '