Mónica Puig win's over kerber in río 2016. Olympic gold metal

Mónica Puig has just seen off Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles to capture Puerto Rico’s first ever Olympic gold medal.

The world No34 squandered three match points – the third on a netcord winner – before the Australian Open champion sent a forehand wide to seal the 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory in 2hr 9min. Puig tossed her racket aside, mouthed “Oh my God!” before coming to the net for the handshake and crumbling into tears of joy. It’s perhaps the most shocking result in the women’s game since Roberta Vinci’s upset of Serena Williams in last year’s US Open semi-finals: Puig had won only one career title before this week and has only once made it past the first week at a major (a run to the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2013).