No. 9 seed Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss player to win Olympic gold in women's tennis Saturday, as she defeated unseeded Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in the gold medal match at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Bencic outlasted Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in a three-set thriller, giving Switzerland its third all-time gold medal in Olympic tennis.
José Morgado @josemorgadoBelinda Bencic beats Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 and wins the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a>. What a moment for her! <a href="https://t.co/KerXQuXgwI">pic.twitter.com/KerXQuXgwI</a>
While Bencic is the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in singles tennis, she joins men's players Marc Rosset in singles and the team of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in doubles as Swiss Olympic gold medalists.