Gauff Ousted at Olympics; Fritz, Zverev Advance to Spherical 3
Reigning US Open winner Coco Gauff was handed a troublesome defeat on the Olympic Video games on Tuesday, dropping to Donna Vekic from Croatia 7-6(2), 6-2.
Down a break level within the second set at 2-3, Gauff engaged in a prolonged argument with the chair umpire after not having the ability to problem a name. Shedding her cool, Gauff shortly misplaced the subsequent three video games and the match.
Vekic, who not too long ago made the semifinals of Wimbledon, will subsequent face No. 7 seed Maria Sakkari or No. 12 seed Marta Kostyuk.
Elsewhere, No. 8 seed Danielle Collins, No. 6 seed Qinwen Zheng and three-time former Main winner Angelique Kerber all superior to the quarterfinals.
Kerber, 36, shall be retiring after the Olympic Video games.
Zverev, Fritz Attain Spherical of 16
French Open finalist Alexander Zverev powered into the spherical of 16 on the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, dismissing Tomas Machac 6-3, 7-5.
Needing one hour and 36 minutes to advance, Zverev hit 20 winners and received 71 % of his first serve factors.
The German will subsequent face Alexei Popyrin for a spot within the quarterfinals. Popyrin ousted three-time Main winner Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 earlier within the day.
Different winners on Tuesday included No. 7 seed Taylor Fritz, No. 9 seed Tommy Paul, No. 11 seed Lorenzo Musetti, No. 13 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frenchman Corentin Moutet.
Nonetheless to come back on Tuesday, Rafael Nadal will staff up in doubles motion with Carlos Alcaraz to tackle Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof and Andy Murray will take the court docket for maybe the ultimate time with doubles associate Dan Evans to face Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen from Belgium.
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