Belinda-Marketa set up Swiss-Czech final in women's singles at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will meet Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic for the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

While Belinda scored a tough win over Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the first semi-final, Marketa put up a dominant against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second semi-final at the Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday.

Marketa, the 2019 French Open finalist, swept past her jittery opponent Elina 6-3, 6-1 in just 64 minutes. Elina looked far from her best, committing 29 unforced errors.

World no 12 Belinda reached the final after overcoming a tough challenge from Elena to win 7-6 (7/2), 4-6 and 6-3 in a match which ran for almost two hours and 44 minutes.

The losers of the semi-finals, Elena and Elina, will face off for the bronze medal match.

Belinda and Marketa have faced each other only once, with the latter winning 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in the round of 32 match at the Miami Open this year. IANS

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