TOKYO: Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic became the first player to advance to the gold-medal match of the Olympics women’s singles, outlasting Kazakh Elena Rybakina 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-3 in a topsy-turvy semi-final.
In the men’s event, world No 1 Novak Djokovic continued his quest to become the first player to win all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in the same year since Steffi Graf in 1988.
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