Tokyo: After upsetting Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, Alexander Zverev clinched the Tokyo Olympics men’s singles gold medal on Sunday defeating the Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Karen Khachanov in straight sets.
The German, who shattered Djokovic’s Golden Slam dreams, won 6-3, 6-1 to become the first from the country to put a hand on an Olympic tennis men’s singles gold. Zverev put on a spectacular show against big-hitting Khachanov, leaving the Russian with no answers.
“There is nothing better than this,” said Zverev, who matched compatriot Steffi Graf’s 1988 success in the women’s singles, while Boris Becker and Michael Stich won men’s doubles gold for Germany in 1992.
“I think, because you’re not just playing for yourself, you’re playing for everybody involved, everybody in Germany supporting me back at home, supporting all the athletes here. The Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world,” added Zverev.
