Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first Olympic gold medal Saturday, upsetting Angelique Kerber for the women's singles title in Rio.
The world's 34th-ranked player had already beaten the likes of Garbine Muguruza and Petra Kvitova to reach the final and she once again belied her underdog status to secure a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over the second-seeded German.
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Consequently, the 22-year-old etches her name into the history books as the first Olympic gold medalist from Puerto Rico, and it was just reward for a fantastic display of aggressive tennis against the heavily favored Kerber.
Puerto Rico has competed at the Olympics under its own flag since 1948 and had won eight total medals before Saturday — two silver and six bronze. Before 2012, all the island's medals had come in boxing.