On Saturday, world number 12 Belinda Bencic defeated Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 7-5 2-6 6-3 to win the Tokyo Games women\u2019s singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic tennis gold.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Bencic can now complete a set of gold medals when she and Viktorija Golubic will play against Czech No. 1 seed Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the doubles final which will be played on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Bencic is also the first Swiss woman to win a singles gold medal since Marc Rosset in the 1992 men\u2019s Olympic final, and she might become only the fourth woman in history to win both the singles and doubles titles.<\/p>\n
The final on Saturday began with a tense battle as both players fought to hold their serves before Bencic eventually overcame the 42nd-ranked Czech to win the first set. In the second set, Vondrousova stepped it up a notch, breaking twice to force the match into a decider.<\/p>\n
While leading 4-3 in the final set, Bencic took a medical timeout for a toe blister but returned to break the Czech and serve out the match, tumbling to the court in excitement when Vondrousova hit a backhand return long.<\/p>\n
Her loss puts an end to a remarkable Olympic run for the 22-year-old, who beat local favourite and world number two Naomi Osaka in the third round before defeating eventual bronze medalist Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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