TOKYO — Alexander Zverev adopted up his comeback win over Novak Djokovic by successful the gold medal in males’s tennis on the Tokyo Olympics.
The fifth-ranked German overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 on the Tokyo Video games on Sunday for the largest title of his profession.
The 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) Zverev managed the match along with his large serve and a assured two-handed backhand, by no means actually giving the Twenty fifth-ranked Khachanov an opportunity.
Zverev’s earlier finest efficiency was reaching the ultimate of final 12 months’s U.S. Open, the place he wasted a two-set lead in a five-set loss to Dominic Thiem.
IOC president Thomas Bach watched his fellow German win the title as a bunch of about 10 anti-Olympic protesters throughout the road from the Ariake Tennis Park made themselves heard inside Middle Court docket. Play was not interrupted.
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