Tennis: Swiss Bencic wins tennis gold in singles

Belinda Bencic was the first Swiss Olympic single competition in tennis. The 24-year-old decided the narrow end game on Saturday against the Czech Marketa Vontrousova with 7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3 for themselves and has the chance to view gold in the double on Sunday. The double in the sign of the rings was recently succeeded in Serena Williams 2012 in London.

For Bencic, the victory in Tokyo is the biggest success of her career so far. Bronze won Elina Switolina (Ukraine), which prevailed against Jelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 1: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 4. In Double, Bencic and her partner Viktorija Golubic demand the Paris winners Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic.

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Bencic first managed to push the former French Open Finalist byDrousova behind the baseline and bring through her game. But the Czech proved to be expected to be a tough opponent, which repeatedly broke through the rhythm of her opponent with Stops. Bencic decided the nervously in the third sentence but for himself and thus managed the first single triumph for Switzerland since Marc Rosset 1992 in Barcelona.