Tokyo 2020 tennis day 8: Women's singles gold and bronze-medal matches feature on busy day at Ariake Tennis Park
More tennis hardware will be handed out on this day than any other as all three medals will be earned in women's singles, as well as the bronze-medal matches for men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Tennis
What’s happening?
It's the busiest day for tennis medals during Tokyo 2020 at the Ariake Tennis Park, with the women's singles gold-medal match as the marquee event. Additionally, bronze-medal matches will take place for four disciplines: Women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles on Saturday (31 July).
Who should I expect to see?
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic will be targeting a rare tennis golden double after she reached the final of both the women's singles and doubles finals.
Bencic continues Switzerland's good recent run at the Olympics, where the nation has won medals at every Games since 2008.
But first, Bencic will have to find her way around the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova in the singles final before she can set her sights on doubles glory.
Vondrousova knocked out local hero Naomi Osaka and beat fourth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the semifinal en route to the final.
Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina will take on Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the women's singles bronze-medal match.
The day's action will include the curtain-raiser, the men's singles bronze-medal match between Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic and Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta.
Djokovic will be looking to bow out of the Olympics tennis tournament with two third-place finishes, also featuring in the mixed doubles bronze-medal match with partner Nina Stojanovic. They will face world number one Ashleigh Barty and John Peers of Australia.
In the penultimate match of the day, the ROC's Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina go up against Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani in the battle for the third spot on the podium in the women's doubles.
What happened in the Rio 2016 finals?
Women's singles
GOLD - Monica Puig (POR) SILVER - Angelique Kerber (GER) BRONZE - Petra Kvitova (CZE)
Men's singles
GOLD - Andy Murray (GBR) SILVER - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) BRONZE - Nishikori Kei (JPN)
Women's doubles
GOLD - Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (RUS) SILVER - Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis (SUI) BRONZE - Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova (CZE)
Mixed doubles
GOLD - Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock (USA) SILVER - Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram (USA) BRONZE - Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Competition schedule
Date and Time: Sat 31 July 12:00
Venue: Ariake Tennis Park - Centre Court
- Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
- Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match
- Women's Singles Gold Medal Match
- Women's Singles Victory Ceremony
Date and Time: Sat 31 July 12:00
Venue: Ariake Tennis Park - Court 1
- Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
- Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match
*The above includes all possible events for this court. The final court assignments and order of play are subject to change up until the day of the session.