Tsitsipas, Osaka crash out; Djokovic advances with ease

Tennis occasions at Tokyo Olympics 2020 have simply begun, however there have been some main upsets already.

India’s tennis contingent has did not make any mark and the nation’s marketing campaign ended on Tuesday (July 27) as Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal couldn’t make the lower for the blended doubles occasion attributable to their low mixed rating of 153.

Probably the most vital upset at Tokyo although was the lack of four-time main champion and world no.2 Naomi Osaka of Japan, who conceded a victory to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic (6-1, 6-4) within the third spherical of girls’s tennis singles on the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (July 27). One of many largest names on the earth of tennis, Osaka was a medal hope for the host nation.

On the lads’s entrance, Japan’s Ken Nishikori remains to be a contender together with his straight-set (7-6, 6-0) conquer Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka within the third spherical on July 28. Nishikori, alongside Ben McLachlan, will probably be gearing for his or her doubles quarter-final match in opposition to Croatians Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, scheduled for right this moment.

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World no. 1 Novak Djokovic bested Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, in straight-sets (6-3, 6-1). He’ll face Nishikori within the quarter-final. Djokovic is already an Olympic medallist with a bronze within the 2008 Beijing Video games. A gold medal would add a feather to his already stellar profession.

Among the many youthful technology of tennis stars, Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev are nonetheless in rivalry. Medvedev broke India’s coronary heart by beating Sumit Nagal within the second spherical in straight units (6-2, 6-1). He has superior to the quarter-finals after his victory over the Italian Fabio Fognini. Zverev joins Medvedev as quarter-final contender since he beat Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvii in straight units that climaxed in a tiebreaker.

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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, one other younger gun within the tennis world, sadly bode farewell to his Olympic journey within the singles division after shedding to Frenchman Ugo Humbert in three units (6-2, 6-7, 2-6). Nevertheless, all just isn’t misplaced for the Greek as he’ll play his first-round blended doubles match alongside Maria Sakkari right this moment.

Just a few days again, Sania Mirza-Ankita Raina mix crashed out within the first spherical of the ladies’s doubles, shedding to Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok and Lydumyla Kichenok 6-0, 6-7 (0), [8-10].