Outsider Puig beats world no.2 Angelique Kerber to clinch women's singles title and make Olympic Games history
Monica Puig won the women's singles tennis title and became the first athlete in history to win an Olympic Games gold medal for Puerto Rico.
The 22-year-old outsider, who has never been beyond the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, shocked Germany's world no.2 Angelique Kerber with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory at the Olympic Tennis Centre on Saturday (13 August)
Puig, ranked no.34 in the world, also becomes the first female athlete from Puerto Rico to win an Olympic medal of any colour.
