Seles wins bronze

American Monica Seles (seeded 3) claimed the bronze medal in the women's singles palyoff, defeating Australian hopeful Jelena Dokic (6/1 6/4) thereby adding an Olympic medal to her career accolades which include 47 singles titles - among them nine Grand Slam trophies.

"I'm just happy that I've won a medal," Seles said. "It was tough conditions playing out there with the crowd, and Jelena played unbelievably. I'm happy to come back Wednesday for the medal ceremony. This is such an honour."

Seles attested to being in the right mindset to overpower the Australian teenager.

"Mentally for sure I was the sharpest," the American said. "I knew the crowd was into it and Jelena would be disappointed after her match on Monday."

Dokic echoed her opponent's sentiments about letting the match against Russian Elena Dementieva slip from her grasp.

"I didn't think I played that badly, I could have had a better set. But I'm very disappointed about yesterday, that's the match I'm disappointed about.

"I think I've lifted my game a little bit which I'm happy about. I'm playing pretty well in all of my matches regardless of who's on the other side. If I had one break chance, anything could have happened."

But Tuesday belonged to Seles, who will be cheering for compatriot Venus Williams as the US aims to add a golden touch to her bronze.

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