Tokyo: Czech Duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Hiakova added a double degree of Olympic women to their French crown by beating Swiss Single Champion Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final Sunday.
The top seeds cut down the tight opening set before competing to pass the second to win 7-5, 6-1 at their fifth match point.
#Cze | #Gold | #Tennisa first tennis gold medal for the Czech Republic! Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina sihiakov …
https://t.co/jmevgykQBP- Olympic (@OLYMPICS) 1627803450000KrejCova, who also won the Roland Garros Singles trophy earlier this year, and Sinifova has been needed deciding tie bonds in their last three matches, but Dominant to Bencic and Golubic.
This is the first Olympic gold medal of the Czech Republic in tennis.
Slovak Miloslav Mecir took a single title for Czechoslovakia at Return of the Sport in 1988.
Certified Gold Czech ?? @ bkrejcikova and @k_siniakova won the first @olympics gold medal in tennis after …
https://t.co/ Ga2fyokaci- itf (@itftnnis) 1627803246000bencic has been looking to become the fourth player to win a single and doubled gold in an Olympics, but must be satisfied with silver after defeating Marketa Vondroustova on Saturday in the final.