READ| Tokyo Olympics: Tsitsipas gets revenge on Tiafoe to make third roundĪmong men, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Kei Nishikori, Diego Schwartzman and Karen Khachanov progressed into the third round, but there were defeats for Wimbledon semifinalist Hubert Hurkacz (to Brit Liam Broady 5-7, 6-3, 3-6) and Australian Open semifinalist Aslan Karatsev (to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 5-7, 6-4, 3-6). Sakkari and Krejcikova fell after winning the first set, to Elina Svitolina (7-5, 3-6, 4-6) and Belinda Bencic (6-1, 2-6, 3-6) respectively. Pliskova’s defeat to Italy’s Camila Giorgi was as lopsided as Osaka’s, with the Czech losing 4-6, 2-6. The World no.2, who hadn’t played since withdrawing from the French Open citing mental health issues, did not confirm when and where she will be playing her next Tour-level tournament. READ| Tokyo Olympics: Indian results on Day five I think it’s maybe because I haven’t played in the Olympics before and for the first year was a bit much.” “I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this. “I'm disappointed in every loss, but I feel like this one sucks more than the others,” said Osaka, after the defeat.
It was an ending neither Osaka nor the organisers wanted, but Vondrousova, a former French Open finalist, played a clinical match – 18 winners, 10 enforced errors and four aces – to oust the face of the Tokyo Games, who lit the Olympic cauldron in last week’s opening ceremony. In addition to the four-time Major winner, French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova and Roland Garros semifinalist Maria Sakkari were all shown the door on Tuesday. Naomi Osaka’s straight-sets 1-6, 4-6 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova headlined a second consecutive day of carnage in women’s singles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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