Alexander Zverev became the first German man to win an Olympic singles gold medal on Sunday, with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
Zverev's win improves upon compatriot Tommy Haas's 2000 Sydney Games effort when he won the men's singles silver, and it matches Steffi Graf's 1988 success in the women's singles. Boris Becker and Michael Stich won the men's doubles gold in 1992.
The world number five, who upset world number one Novak Djokovic in a stunning comeback on Friday, put on a near flawless performance against big-hitting Khachanov who had no answers for the German's serve and laser-like returns.
Zverev broke the 25-year-old's serve twice to take the first set, before steam-rolling through the second, winning five games in a row.
Khachanov managed just one game in the final set before the German secured the victory in one hour and 19 minutes.
The win is among the biggest for Zverev, who came close to his first Grand Slam title at last year's U.S. Open before losing to Austria’s Dominic Thiem in the final.
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