TOKYO, July 29 — Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic came through a marathon match against Kazakh player Elena Rybakina today to reach the women’s tennis final at the Olympics and keep her bid for double gold alive.
The 24-year-old saved five set points in a 73-minute opening set before winning 7-6 , 4-6, 6-3 after almost two-and-three-quarter hours in the searing Tokyo heat. Bencic, who plays alongside Viktorija Golubic later today in the women’s doubles semi-finals against Brazilian pair Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani, will face either Elina Svitolina or Marketa Vondrousova in the singles final.
The ninth seed is bidding to become the fifth player to reach finals in both singles and doubles at a summer Games since tennis was reintroduced to the Olympics in 1988. “To have a medal, it’s the greatest thing. Even to be here as an athlete, in the Olympics, it’s amazing,” said Bencic, who could become the first Swiss woman to claim singles gold.Today’s programme began at 3pm local time, after organisers pushed the start time back from 11am following complaints from players about the hot conditions. — AFP
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