Alexander Zverev world No.5, has won the biggest title in his career when he thumped his opponent Karen Khachanov 6-3-6-1 on Sunday to become the first German to win men’s singles gold medal in tennis at Tokyo Olympics. The German tennis player who is 24-years -old, who is yet to win a Grand Slam title, looked in very good touch as he thumped opponent from Russia Karen Khachanov in 79 minutes.
German tennis player Alexander Zverev played flawlessly and took the opportunity to cruise a 3-1 lead in the first set. He showed no signs of nervousness in the final and won the second set comfortably against his opponent Karan Khachanov.
The German tennis player’s previous best performances came as he reached the final of the last year’s U.S. Open. Where he wasted two-set lead to a five-set loss to Dominic Thiem.
IOC president Thomas Bach watched his fellow German win the title as a group of about 10 who were anti-Olympic protesters came across the street from Ariake Tennis Park. The noise of which it was heard in the Centre Court. It was unable to cause any interruption in the play that was happening inside.
He became the only second German to win Olympics single gold, he equaled the record of Steffi Graff’s achievement at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Previous to this Germany also won the Olympic gold in doubles with Boris Becker Micheal Stich in the year 1992 Barcelona Games.
