Alexander Zverev brushed aside Karen Khachanov in straight sets on Sunday to seal the Olympic men’s singles title and win Germany’s first tennis gold since 1992.
The fourth seed, who ended Novak Djokovic’s Golden Grand Slam bid in the semi-finals, produced a dominant display to win 6-3, 6-1 after just 79 minutes on court.
Zverev becomes only the second German tennis player to win an Olympic singles gold after Steffi Graf in 1988, while Boris Becker and Michael Stich took the men’s doubles crown four years later.
The world number five is still waiting for a maiden Grand Slam title after several near misses, including when he blew a two-set lead to lose to Dominic Thiem in last year’s US Open final.
However, the 24-year-old can add this victory to his 2018 ATP Finals triumph and his four Masters titles.
Khachanov had continued his return to form in Tokyo from recent weeks after reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals, but this match proved a step too far.
Zverev made short work of the final, crushing six aces and 16 winners past his overwhelmed opponent.
He struck first blood with a break in the third game and then importantly saved a break point to take a 4-2 lead.
Zverev did not let up the pressure from there and brought...
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