Swiss Belinda Bencic wins women's singles gold; Elina Svitolina claims bronze, Images Gallery.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic defeated the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova in a marathon women's singles gold medal match on Saturday in Tokyo.
The 12th-ranked Bencic beat Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 for the first major title of her career.
Bencic will also contest the women’s doubles gold-medal match on Sunday.
Bencic and Swiss partner Viktorija Golubic playing in the women's doubles gold medal match against the top-seeded Czech Republic team Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
The first-time Olympian is the first Swiss tennis player to win a medal at the Olympics since Roger Federer's win in 2012, and the first Swiss woman to win a gold in the sport.
Svitolina Takes Homes Bronze Medal from Tokyo Olympics.
In the bronze medal match earlier in the day, Elina Svitolina battled back to defeat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina.
The No. 4 seed Svitolina came out on top 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a two-hour, 24-minute affair. With the win, she became the first Ukrainian tennis player to win an Olympic medal.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic wins Olympic Tennis women's Gold Medal, Photos Images Gallery. 👇👇👇
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