Olympics-Tennis-Germany's Zverev cruises past Khachanov to Olympic gold in Tokyo


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 01 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Tennis - Men's Singles - Gold medal match - Ariake Tennis Park - Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Alexander Zverev of Germany reacts after winning his gold medal match against Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee REUTERS/Mike Segar

TOKYO (Reuters) -World number five Alexander Zverev won the biggest title of his career when he crushed Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 on Sunday to win the men's singles tennis gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

The 24-year-old, who has yet to win a Grand Slam title, was in stunning form as he demolished Khachanov in 79 minutes to become the first German man to win a singles Olympic gold.

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