Nevertheless, the government continues its crusade: earlier this month it wrote to the Greek authorities expressing outrage at their plans to increase the number of licensed brothels in Athens while the city is hosting next year's Olympics.
Although Federer had won eight of his previous 10 meetings with Berdych, the Swiss was reduced to tears after losing their first encounter at the AthensOlympics and also succumbed in their most recent duel at April's Miami Masters.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Rio says that worries about Olympic readiness are not new, but that not since Athens have there been so many questions about a host's ability to stage the Olympics.
The win hands Zhang her fourth gold medal over two Olympics, after success in the women's singles and doubles in Athens and team and singles competition in Beijing, equally the great Deng Yaping's gold medal haul.
The dramatic 3-2 victory over Slovakia sparked wild celebrations in Zagreb's main square and followed on from a bronze medal he and Ancic won in the doubles at the AthensOlympics the previous summer.