The Ukrainian was imposed on Rybakina in the tie break and thus forces the third and final set.
In just 6 days of competition, Bencic has played a total of 9 matches and only in 4 of them has he managed to win in straight sets.
“This is undoubtedly the best day of my entire sporting career, of course. It is the best result I have achieved so far, also on the doubles circuit. To achieve the pass for the two finals on the same day is, certainly something he will never forget. Right now I’m on a cloud, but I don’t want this dream to stop. ”
“I came thinking of winning two or three games, that would have been great by now, but suddenly I beat Naomi, so I thought I was playing well, that maybe I could go much further. Now I’m happy to have reached the final. , It’s such an incredible feeling that I can’t believe it, maybe I’ll assimilate it later. This is amazing, it doesn’t matter if Saturday is silver or gold, arriving here is already a pride “,
Since 1988 only 14 tennis players have achieved a medal double at the Olympics: Mecir, Graf, Ivanisevic, Arantxa, Novotna, Venus, Massú, González, Murray, Serena, Azarenka, M. Bryan, Sock and Bencic.
Vondrousova has only dropped one set along the way and it was on her debut!
In the second round, she had a more affordable match a priori against the world number 169, the Romanian Buzarnescu, which she only allowed to win 3 games.
The Czech has eliminated Bertens, Buzarnescu, Osaka, Badosa and Svitolina.
The Swiss has left 3 sets in the 5 matches played!
However, after losing the first set in a resounding way, he turned it around and managed to win the 8th seed of the Olympic tournament.
In the second round she faced the local Misaki Doi and started as a great favorite and she showed it. He won without problems in two sets and got into the round of 16 with a firm step.
He has eliminated Pegula, Doi, Krejcikova, Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals and Rybakina in the semifinals in the Olympic tournament.
The Kazakh, number 20 in the world, has endorsed a resounding 6-1 to the Ukrainian, 6th in the WTA ranking.
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The Czech, number 42 in the ranking, got rid of the number 6 in the world in two rounds and without suffering too much.
The Swiss faced the Kazakh for the first time in her career and despite breaking down in the last set, she managed to turn it around.
His best shot is the crossed backhand and if he is fine in that aspect he has a lot of cattle. However, the changes you make using very flat shots combined with slices is also giving you many benefits.
In addition, the variety of heights that the Swiss prints will be essential to avoid that the Czech is not comfortable and it is she who can dominate.
Carreño has won in 2h 49 minutes by 6-4 6-7 (6) and 6-3, and adds a new metal for Spain in his first participation in the Olympic Games.
Since 8 am Carreño is facing Djokovic and then Rybakina against Svitolina. When both matches are over, it will be the turn of the women’s final.
Bencic and Vondrousova seek gold in what is the first Olympic final for both. Neither of them was a favorite for metals but their time in Tokyo has shown that they deserve to fight for gold with guaranteed silver.
The Ariake Tennis Park will host the match between the Swiss and the Czech.
