Tokyo Olympics: Barty knocked out, Sania-Ankita pair suffers defeat
Tokyo: In a disappointing turn of events, Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were knocked out in Doubles 1st round by Kichenok twins 6-0, 6-7, 8-10 on Sunday. The Indians had won the 1st set 6-0 and were leading 5-3 in 2nd.
In another shocker of defeats, top-ranked Wimbledon Champion Ash Barty was defeated by 48th-ranked Spanish opponent Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3 in the first round Olympic tennis tournament. It was Barty’s Olympic singles debut.
Ash Barty won a doubles match with Australian teammate Storm Sanders on Saturday. The defeat comes 15 days after Barty won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title.
Australian professional tennis player and former cricketer. She is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the second Australian WTA singles No. 1 after fellow Indigenous Australian player Evonne Goolagong Cawley
