TOKYO, July 31 — World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 2-6 6-3 today and win the Tokyo Games women’s singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympic tennis gold.
Neither of Switzerland’s greats Roger Federer nor Martina Hingis, both former world number ones, won Olympic singles gold. Saturday’s final began as a nervy battle with both players struggling to hold serve before Bencic finally edged the 42nd-ranked Czech to take the first set.
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