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Germany's Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the final, 6–3, 6–1, to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was both countries' first medals at the event since 2000, and Germany's first victory. [1]
The hard-court Deco Turf surface at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was chosen by the Tokyo Organizing Committee. This marked the fifth time that this type of surface was utilized for the Olympic Games. [1] The format at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was a single-elimination tournament with men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. [2]
The 2020 Summer Olympics order of play for matches on the main courts, starting from 24 July until July 1 August. [ 1 ] All dates and times are JST ( UTC+09:00 ).
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . [ 2 ]
The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021 after being postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 2,402 medals were won by 2,175 athletes in 339 events at the Games. [1]
The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in northern Italy will be run on by the world’s fastest athletes at the Paris Olympics. After three world records and 12 ...
Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. [5] This was the first Olympic tournament since 1996 not to feature the Williams sisters in the draw after Serena withdrew for family commitments and Venus's ranking had not been high enough to qualify for the team.
This was Croatia's first Olympic tennis gold and silver medals. For the first time since 1908 , the gold medal match was contested by pairs representing the same country. In the bronze medal match, New Zealand 's Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus defeated the United States ' Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren , 7–6 (7–3) , 6–2.