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First gold medal Olympic tennis

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It is often forgotten that tennis was one of the original nine Olympic sports in Athens in 1896. Ireland's John Boland defeating Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece to become the first Olympic tennis champion. http://www.itftennis.com/Olympics/history/medallists/

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