Tokyo: Bencic Belinda Switzerland came through a marathon match against Kazakh player Elena Rybakina on Thursday to reach a women’s tennis final at the Olympics and put her offer for double gold.
The 24-year-old has saved five points in the opening set of 73 minutes before winning 7-6 (7/2), 4-6, 6-3 after almost two and three-quarters of the clock in the heat of Tokyo that burned.
Bencic, who played with Viktorija Golubic on Thursday in the semi-final of women against Brazilian Pair Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani, will face Elina Svitolina or Marketa Vondrousova in the final final.
The ninth seed bid to become the fifth player to reach the final on both singles and doubles in the summer match because tennis was introduced back to the Olympics in 1988.
“To have a medal, it is the biggest thing.
Even here as athletes.
Even here As athletes, at the Olympics, it’s really amazing, “Bencic said, who could be the first Swiss woman who claimed a single gold.
“I don’t feel the pressure now.
I just feel happy to have a medal.” The program Thursday began at 3:00 a.m.
(0600 GMT) local time, after the organizer pushed the time starting from 11:00 a.m.
after complaint from the player about hot conditions.