Tokyo Olympics, Tennis LIVE: Ash Barty crashes out; Naomi Osaka wins, Stefanos Tsitsipas coming up; Follow LIVE updates- Day 2 of Tennis events in Tokyo Olympics featured big names Ash Barty, and French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas. While Australia’s Ash Barty squared off against Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, Naomi Osaka was up against Saisai Zheng. Follow LIVE updates on insidesport.co and LIVE streaming on SONY LIV/ Sony Sports Network
Roland Garros runner-up Tsitsipas will be up against Philipp Kohlschreiber. Top seeds Alexander Zverev, Petra Kvitova, Elina Svitolina, Andrey Rublev, Ons Jabeur will also take part in the upcoming matches.
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- Ash Barty vs Sara Sorribes Tormo (not before 7.30 AM IST)
World No.1 and Wimbledon champion Ash Barty has lost her opening round match to Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain. World No 48 Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain beat Barty in straight sets. The match finished 6-4, 6-3 in favor of the Spaniard. It lasted for an hour and 34 minutes.
Sorribes came out all guns blazing in the first set and Barty had no answers to what was being thrown at her, and in the end, she took the first set 6-4. Carrying on with her momentum, Sorribes kept on her charge in the second set, winning it 6-3, and as a result, she wrapped up the match in straight sets.
2. Naomi Osaka vs Saisai Zheng
Naomi Osaka has defeated Saisai Zheng in her opening round clash at Tokyo Games. The home favourites won the match in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. The match lasted for an hour and 27 minutes.
The 23-year-old brought her A-game to the Court and she did not give her opponent any chance in the first set, winning it 6-1. Carrying on with her momentum, Osaka marched ahead and she was able to wrap up the match in straight sets.
Tokyo Olympics, Tennis LIVE: Ash Barty crashes out; Naomi Osaka wins, Stefanos Tsitsipas coming up; Follow LIVE updates
3. Andy Murray vs Felix Auger Aliassime
UPDATE: Great Britain’s two-time defending champion in men’s singles, Andy Murray, has been replaced in today’s order of play by Max Purcell (AUS) against Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, third on Centre Court. He remains in the doubles draw.
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Philipp Kohlschreiber
Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who shockingly crashed out of Wimbledon in round 1, will have an opportunity to make amends at Tokyo Games. The Greek will face off Kohlschreiber of Germany in his search for a breakthrough. Having said that Tsitsipas has been impressive in 2/3 grand slams, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and French Open final. Kohlschreiber, on the other hand, is unlikely to win the match owing to his records coupled with age. The 37-year-old has lost twice to the youngster with the trend likely to follow at Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics, Tennis LIVE: Ash Barty crashes out; Naomi Osaka wins, Stefanos Tsitsipas coming up; Follow LIVE updates
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(with ANI inputs)
