Switzerland's Belinda Bencic defeated the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova in a marathon women's singles gold medal match on Saturday in Tokyo. Bencic, the No. 9 seed, won 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, converted ...

Rybakina’s reward for winning in a final set ... prove challenging. Bencic won her last two matches in straight sets, including against 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova in the quarterfinal.

That win set the stage for the young Kudermetova to enjoy a breakout run which took her to the final. However ...

She was the runner-up to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Vondrousova is currently ranked No. 18 in the world and would have been seeded No. 12 in Paris.