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Emma Raducanu has become the first British woman in 44 years to win a tennis Grand Slam singles title after she defeated fellow teen Leylah Fernandez in the women's U.S. Open final (September 11).
18-year-old Raducanu overpowered the 19-year-old from Canada to win the championship match: 6-4, 6-3.
The Briton,

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts after winning the first set against Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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Emma Raducanu: The 18-year-old British U.S. Open winner who stunned the tennis world

Can Novak Djokovic do something no tennis player has done in over 30 years?
The men's world No.1 from Serbia heads into the final tennis major of the year at the U.S. Open in New York City having won each of the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in 2021

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 02: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates a point during his Men's Singles Final match against Dominic Thiem of Austria on day fourteen of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 02, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

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Djokovic eyes calendar Grand Slam at U.S. Open as Bencic, Zverev aim to build off Olympic wins

Watch all the Olympic Gold Medal moments from Switzerland at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Switzerland in Tokyo

Watch the top moments from the Olympic Games in Tokyo and relive the epic and emotional performances of Caeleb Dressel (USA), Ariarne Titmus (AUS), Rayssa Leal (BRA), Italo Ferreira (BRA), Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM), Belinda Bencic (SUI,) Tom Daley (GBR), Simone Biles (USA), Armand Duplantis (SWE), Horigome Yuto (JPN), PV Sindhu (IND), Yang Qian (CHN), Adam Ondra (CZE), Eliud Kipchoge (KEN), Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta (JPN), Logan Martin (AUS) and many, many more.

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Top Moments Tokyo2020

Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic won Olympic gold in the tennis women’s singles at Tokyo 2020, and followed it up with a silver in the women’s doubles. 

With compatriot Roger Federer out of Tokyo 2020 through injury, Bencic beat Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in a tightly-contested women's singles gold medal match, and a day later teamed up with Viktorija Golubic in the women’s doubles gold medal match, but they were denied gold by the Czech pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.

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Belinda Bencic: Tokyo2020 Medal Moments

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland won Olympic gold after beating Czech star Marketa Vondrousova in the women's singles final. It is the first gold medal won by a Swiss woman in Olympic tennis history.

Highlights

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Tennis Women's Singles | Highlights

A truly medal-worthy performance from Belinda Bencic. Take a look at one of their greatest moments!

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Medal Moment | Tokyo 2020: Tennis Women's Singles Gold B Bencic (SUI)

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The final week of major women's tennis for 2023 heads to Seville, Spain, for the very first time.
The Billie Jean King Cup \- the women's team event in the sport - features the top 12 nations in the world battling for the coveted Cup, which in 2022 was captured

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 27: Marketa Vondrousova of Team Czech Republic celebrates after match point during her Women's Singles Third Round match against Naomi Osaka of Team Japan on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic is set to become a mum in 2024.
The Tokyo 2020 singles champion announced the news on her Instagram account on Friday (3 November) with a simple caption: "Expecting our little miracle soon! We can't wait to meet you."
Bencic has long been partnered to

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 31: Belinda Bencic of Switzerland celebrates victory in their ladies singles first round match against Nadia Podoroska of Argentina on day two of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on May 31, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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Olympic champion Belinda Bencic announces pregnancy: 'Expecting our little miracle soon'

G'day, tennis fans.
The Grand Slam season kicks off on Monday (16 January) in Melbourne, Australia, at the Australian Open, the first of four majors of the year. The event is brimming with storylines, including if top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal, the two-time Olympic champion, can recapture the

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 31: Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning last nights 2022 Australian Open Men's Singles Final, at Government House on January 31, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)

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Reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic swept past Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 6-1 to hand Switzerland its first Billie Jean King Cup title in Glasgow on Sunday (13 November).
Bencic sealed the victory after Jil Teichmann gave Switzerland the advantage with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Storm Sanders in the

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 13: Belinda Bencic of Switzerland celebrates match point over Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia and secures the Billie Jean King Cup for Switzerland at Emirates Arena on November 13, 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images for LTA)

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Billie Jean King Cup Final: Belinda Bencic leads Switzerland to first title victory

One of the most important sporting venues in the world will host the Paris 2024 Olympic Games tennis competition: the clay courts of the French Tennis Federation headquarters where the annual French Open takes place will be the stage of a battle for Olympic medals that promises to be nothing

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 07: Carlos Alcaraz of Spain stretches for a forehand in their Men's Singles semi-finals match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day ten of Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica on May 07, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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The Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) are Billie Jean King Cup champions after a sensational final day in Prague on Saturday (6 November).
RTF came out on top against Switzerland with wins for Daria Kasatkina vs Jil Teichmann (6-2, 6-4) and Liudmila Samsonova against reigning women's singles Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 18: Liudmila Samsonova of Russia plays against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia during on Day One of the VTB Kremlin Cup at Central court of the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace, Luzhniki Palace of Sports on October 18, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Liudmila Samsonova of Russia plays against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia during on Day One of the VTB Kremlin Cup at Central court of the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace, Luzhniki Palace of Sports on October 18, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Samsonova defeats Olympic champ Bencic to help RTF to Billie Jean King Cup triumph

Even before the action was underway at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, tennis took centre stage when four-time major champion Naomi Osaka was selected to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony.
What unfolded at Ariake Tennis Park over the next eight days was a memorable and dramatic tennis event,

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 31: Belinda Bencic of Team Switzerland poses with her gold medal from the podium during the medal ceremony after defeating Marketa Vondrousova of Team Czech Republic in the Women's Singles Gold Medal match on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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What we learned: Tennis highlights from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Czech Republic’s top seeded women’s doubles tennis players have upset Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic’s hopes of winning both a singles and doubles gold medal at Tokyo 2020.
Barbora Krejcikova, 25, and Katerina Siniakova, 25, overpowered Bencic, 24, and her 28-year-old partner Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01:  Barbora Krejcikova of Team Czech Republic and Katerina Siniakova of Team Czech Republic celebrate after a point during their Women's Doubles Gold Medal match against Belinda Bencic of Team Switzerland and Viktorija Golubic of Team Switzerland on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Top seeds Czech Republic clinch women's doubles tennis gold

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland has won Olympic gold after beating Czech star Marketa Vondrousova in the women's singles final. It is the first gold medal won by a Swiss woman in Olympic tennis history.
The 24-year-old Swiss, who is ranked 24 in the world, took the first set 7-5 before

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 31: Belinda Bencic of Team Switzerland celebrates a point during her Women's Singles Gold Medal match against Marketa Vondrousova of Team Czech Republic on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

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Switzerland's Belinda Bencic bags women's tennis singles gold

A prodigy as a young junior, Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will play this weekend not only for one Olympic gold in tennis \- but two.
Now 24, she was unmatched as a junior player, playing in WTA events as a 15-year-old before landing the girls' Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles

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Things to know about Swiss tennis star Belinda Bencic

Tokyo 2020

This event took place on 31/07/2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo. It includes the Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match in which Carreno-Busta (ESP) celebrated Bronze after a victory over Djokovic (SRB), the Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match in which Svitolina (UKR) claimed the Bronze with a win against Rybakina (KAZ) and the Women's Gold Medal Match in which Bencic (SUI) celebrated the Gold after a win over Vondrousova (CZE)

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Centre Court: Singles Bronze Medals, Women's Singles Gold Medal  - Tennis | Tokyo 2020 Replays

This event took place on 29/07/2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo. Krejcikova/Siniakova (CZE) celebrated reaching the final via a 10:6 Match Tiebreak victory over Kudermetova/Vesnina (ROC) Bencic/Golubic (SUI) reached the final with a 7:5, 6:3 win against Pigossi/Stefani (BRA)

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