Bencic takes tennis women's singles gold

Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win the Olympic tennis singles title with a battling three-set victory over Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday.

The 24-year-old Bencic edged out Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on her second match point, with the final finishing at 11:28 pm local time (1428 GMT) after two-and-a-half hours on court.

Bencic will also play in Sunday's women's doubles final alongside Viktorija Golubic against Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.