Venus and Serena Williams play for the U.S. Olympic Games in London

Venus and Serena Williams play for the U.S. Olympic Games in London

Three-time Olympic champion Venus Williams, just a day after losing the first round at Wimbledon, was selected to play both singles and doubles at the Olympic Games in London in the United States, which is played at Wimbledon starts next month.

Williams Collection women’s singles team selected by the U.S. Tennis Assn. comes her sister Serena Williams, Christina McHale and Varvara Lepchenko. The world’s No. 1-ranked doubles team of Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber to represent the United States Williams sisters will become the second American team spirit.

Play men’s singles in the United States is a 2004 Olympian Andy Roddick, John Isner, who also lost the first round of Wimbledon on Monday, Ryan Harrison and Donald Young. Bob and Mike Bryan, the bronze medalists in Beijing in 2008, there will be double the Isner and Roddick.

The U.S. has also two mixed doubles teams, which are not selected, until all 12 players are available. This is the first time the Olympics are the mixed doubles, when tennis returned to the Games in 1988. Olympic tennis be 28.07., 05.08.

Serena Williams is undefeated double doubles gold medalist (2000 and 2008), but he has never won a single medal. McHale, 20, a nd Lepchenko, 26 Olympic making its debut.

Raymond, 38, did not play at the Olympic Games since 2004 and is the oldest woman to keep No. 1 ranking, either singles or doubles. Isner will also debut in the Olympics.

males, Harrison, 20, and Young, 22, with the Olympics, the first time.

Diane. pucin@latimes.com