Belinda Bencic, Marketa Vondrousova reach gold-medal match

Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova will battle for the singles gold medal on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Bencic, the No. 9 seed, defeated No. 15 Elena Rybakina 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3 of Kazakhstan and unseeded Vondrousova crushed No. 4 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3, 6-1 in Thursday's semifinals at Ariake Tennis Park.

Bencic, 24, looks to win Switzerland's first singles gold since M