Sunday 14 August 2016 09:07, UK
Monica Puig claimed Puerto Rico's first ever Olympic gold medal with a shock three-set victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber at Rio 2016.
The 22-year-old stormed to the first set before Australian Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up Kerber levelled the match, but a dominant display from Puig in the decider secured the gold medal with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 success.
Puig collapsed to the ground in tears after claiming an historic gold medal to go with the two silver and six bronze that her country had previously won at Olympics since 1948.
In a display of powerful clean-hitting Puig surged into a 5-0 lead in the deciding set before Kerber got on the board and forced Puig to serve out the match.
Kerber moved to 0-40 before Puig rallied and secured a couple of match points only for Kerber to save them and force three more break points in an epic seventh match of the third set.
However, with her fourth gold-medal point, it was Puig who prevailed during an emotional end to the match.
"I'm really proud to represent Latin America and I hope this can be an inspiration to all Latin women that everything can be done in this life," said Puig.
"She deserved to win," said Kerber. "It's not the medal I wanted but it's still a silver. She was hitting everything, she played a great match.
"It's still a special feeling. I am having the best year of my career."
The bronze medal went to Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova who beat America's Madison Keys 7-5 2-6 6-2 to claim her first Olympic medal.
Earlier in the day, Venus Williams confirmed that she will leave the Rio Olympics with a medal after reaching the mixed doubles final with her partner Rajeev Ram.
After defeats in the women's singles and women's doubles she teamed up with Ram to beat India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 2-6 6-2 10-3, claiming victory in the tie-break.
Williams is guaranteed to tie the Olympic tennis record with her fifth medal in total adding to the three women's doubles golds with sister Serena and a singles championship from Sydney in 2000.
