Puig vs. Kerber: Live Score, Highlights from Olympics 2016

The womens gold-medal tennis match pits one player who was destined for the final and another who wasnt.Germanys Angelique Kerber, this years Australian Open champion and No. 2 player in the world, on seed alone belongs in this match. Her play merely cemented it.And on paper Puerto Ricos Monica Puig, the No. 34 player in the world, should have lost a long, long time ago. Yet here she is."This Olympics isn't about me. It's about Puerto Rico, and I know how bad they want this," Puig said in an Associated Press story (h/t Tennis.com). "The island is full of such bad news all the time so every time ... somebody from the island wins a medal, everything stops. I know how happy everybody gets."Puerto Rico has never won a gold medal in any eventman or womanso thats what Puig sets out to do.But shell no doubt have her hands full.Kerber owns the 2-0 advantage over Puig, and Kerber has come to relish the spotlight as one of tennis best players."I have a lot more confidence than last year because I won one of the biggest tournaments," Kerber said, "and also because I had a lot of experience from past years."Both players have that it factor going for them in this tournament, and it all ends this afternoon.Stay right here from 3 p.m. ET through the end of the match for live updates and highlights of the womens gold-medal match from Rio.
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