Belinda Bencic has secured a medal for Switzerland in both singles and doubles. In Saturday’s singles and Sunday’s doubles finals, the world No.12 will have a chance to win two gold medals on her Olympic debut.
Switzerland is guaranteed a tennis medal of any colour for the FOURTH #Olympics in a row!
Beijing 2008: for Federer/Wawrinka in doubles
London 2012: for Federer in singles
Rio 2016: for Hingis/Bacsinszky in doubles#Tokyo2020: or for @BelindaBencic#Tennis— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 29, 2021
Only Serena and Venus Williams have won singles and doubles gold in the same Olympic games in the modern era — Venus at Sydney 2000 and Serena at London 2012.