Paris 2024 Tennis: Czechia triumphs in epic mixed doubles final to win gold

Czechia’s mixed doubles pairing of Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova defeated People’s Republic of China duo Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen to claim the gold at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 10-8.

Czechia won the first set 6-2 before dropping the second set 7-5. The match went to a winner-takes-all third set, where Machac and Siniakova came out victorious by a final tally of 10-8, taking the set and the gold medal. This marks Siniakova’s second Olympic gold medal, winning the women’s doubles alongside Barbora Krejcikova at Tokyo 2020. It was also Czechia’s first gold medal of Paris 2024.

Canada, featuring Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime, defeated the Netherlands in two sets in the bronze medal match. The Dutch pair was Wesley Koolhof and Demi Schuurs.

Tennis: Mixed doubles podium

Gold: Czechia, Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova

Silver: People’s Republic of China, Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen

Bronze: Canada, Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime