Zverev wins gold for Germany

Medals decided in Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan.

2020 Olympic Games - an ATP tournament without ranking points, on Hard, in Tokyo, Japan, 24 July - 1 August 2021.

2016 champion (Rio de Janeiro):  

Andy Murray (2) (Great Britain) who defeated Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5

Russian athletes are banned from using their country’s name, flag or anthem - instead, they will compete under the team name ROC (Russian Olympic Committee)

Medal results:

Gold medal:

Alexander Zverev (4) (Germany) defeated Karen Khachanov (12) (ROC) 6-3 6-1

Head to head, the pair had shared their meetings 2-2, the last two to the Russian in Masters 1000 clashes in 2018 and 2019.

Zverev broke in game three of the opening set, then saved a break point in the sixth game for a 4-2 lead.

Serving at 3-5, Khachanov wasted two game points, saved one set point, but couldn’t escape a second.

Zverev was ahead 6-3.

Set two was one way traffic, Zverev breaking in both the second and fourth games. Khachanov finally put a score on the board in the sixth game forcing the German to serve for the gold.

At 5-1, Zverev came back from 0-30 to win four straight points and the gold medal 6-3 6-1.

Bronze medal:

Pablo Carreno Busta (6) (Spain) defeated Novak Djokovic (1) (Serbia) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3