Andy Murray defeats Del Potro, defends gold medal
Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates winning a point during the men's singles gold medal match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit: Getty Images / Clive Brunskill
Andy Murray of Britain beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina for his second consecutive Olympic singles gold medal.
Murray’s 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory Sunday at the Rio Games makes him the first man or woman with two Olympic singles titles, let alone two in a row.
At London in 2012, Murray won a singles gold and mixed doubles silver.
The second-seeded Murray stretched his winning streak to a career-high 18 matches and stopped the resurgent run of the 141st-ranked del Potro, who knocked off No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round and No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.
Del Potro’s silver goes alongside his bronze from four years ago.
Kei Nishikori defeated Nadal for the bronze earlier Sunday.
