The meeting lasted 1 hour 19 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 3, 6: 1 in favor of the German tennis player.

For 25-year-old Khachanov, this is the first Olympic medal in his career.

He is the winner of four ATP singles tournaments.

The bronze medalist of the Games in Tokyo was the Spaniard Pablo Carreno-Busta, who won the match for the third place of the Serb Novak Djokovic - 6: 4, 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3.

Earlier it was reported that Kreichikova and Sinyakova became Olympic tennis champions in doubles.