Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece made his Olympics debut with a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Sunday in the first round of play in the 2020 Tokyo Games. Tsitsipas rallied from a break down in the third set to set up a second-round showdown with American Frances Tiafoe, who advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 win over South Korea’s Sunwoo Kwon. Tiafoe ousted Tsitsipas in the first round at Wimbledon in late June. Britain’s Andy Murray, the two-time defending Olympic Gold medalist, was forced to withdraw with a right quad injury. Swiss OpenNorway’s Casper Ruud topped Hugo Gaston of France 6-3, 6-2 to win his third title of the season in Gstaad.

Source: MetroXpress July 25, 2021 16:18 UTC