Sara Sorribes of Spain shakes hands with Ashleigh Barty of Australia after winning her first round match. REUTERS/Edgar SuWimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty became the first big casualty of the Olympic tennis tournament. Two weeks after defeating Karolina Pliskova to win her second grand slam title, the Australian was beaten 6-4 6-3 by Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round. Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas looked in serious trouble when he went a break down early in the decider against German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber but the Greek recovered to win 6-3 3-6 6-3. Fourth seed Svitolina battled to a 6-3 5-7 6-4 victory over Laura Siegemund of Germany but Monfils was beaten 6-4 4-6 7-5 by Ilya Ivashka from Belarus.

Source: Irish Independent July 25, 2021 10:41 UTC