At the Australian Open in January , González failed to defend all his points from the previous year and fell from no. 7 to no. 24 in the ATP singles rankings . He bounced back the following week , winning his home event at Viña del Mar for the third time , rising to no. 16 . In May , he won his tenth ATP title at the BMW Open in Munich . The following month , he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open for the second time , losing to top seed Roger Federer in four sets . In August , González represented Chile at the Beijing Olympic Games in both singles and doubles events . At the opening ceremony , he was his country 's standard bearer . As in Athens 2004 , he partnered with Massú in doubles , but was unable to defend his gold , exiting in the first round . In singles , he improved his Olympic record , clinching a silver medal , after beating James Blake of the United States in the semifinals . In the gold medal match , he lost in straight sets to Spain 's Rafael Nadal
opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Fernando González