Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova lived up to their status of top seeds as they defeated Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic 7-5 6-1 in the women’s doubles gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics.
#Tokyo2020 Women’s Doubles Podium
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of #CZE
Viktorija Golubic and Belinda Bencic of #SUI
Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani of #BRA#Tennis | #Olympics pic.twitter.com/IMi5QyDXCS— ITF (@ITFTennis) August 1, 2021
Women’s singles gold medalist Bencic was hoping to take home two gold medals, but the reigning Roland Garros champions Krejcikova and Siniakova won nine of the last ten games in Sunday’s final to earn the Czech Republic its first women’s doubles Olympic gold in tennis.