Fernandez moved to the U.S. after the 2008 Olympic final inBeijing, where Spain lost to the Americans, and spent three years with the Portland Trail Blazers.
China's capital may be racing towards the future at breakneck speed but sneak behind one of the city's glittering, ultra-modern tower blocks and you find a slice of old Beijing that seems to have been lostin time.
Federer reached the semifinals as a teenager at Sydney 2000 but lostin the playoff for the bronze, then crashed out in the second round in Athens and the last eight inBeijing.