Serena struggles, del Potro blasts punch-upRIO DE JANEIRO: Defending champion Serena Williams ended a three-match losing streak against France’s Alize Cornet to keep her hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal alive Monday. The Serb pair lost 6-4, 6-4 to Brazilian fourth seeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares. This is not football,” said del Potro. Kerber next faces Australia’s Samantha Stosur who was too strong for Misaki Doi of Japan, winning 6-3, 6-4. Things got even better for Del Potro when French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a potential quarter-final opponent, lost 6-4, 6-3 to Gilles Muller of Luxemburg.

Source: Manila Times August 09, 2016 02:26 UTC