Sunday 25 July 2021

Olympic Games - WTA first round (2)

First round completed in Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan.

2020 Olympic Games a WTA tournament without ranking points, on Hard, in Tokyo, Japan, 24 July - 1 August 2021.

2016 champion (Rio de Janeiro):  
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) who defeated Angelique Kerber (2) (Germany) 6-4 4-6 6-1

Russian athletes are banned from using their country’s name, flag or anthem - instead, they will compete under the team name ROC (Russian Olympic Committee)

First round results:

- Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) defeated Ashleigh Barty (1) (Australia) 6-4 6-3

- Fiona Ferro (France) defeated Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 2-6 6-4 6-2

- Aryna Sabalenka (3) (Belarus) defeated Magda Linette (Poland) 6-2 6-1

Donna Vekic (Croatia) defeated Caroline Garcia (France) 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3

- Petra Kvitová (10) (Czech Republic) defeated Jasmine Paolini (Italy) 6-4 6-3

Alison van Uytvanck (Belgium) defeated Ivana Jorovic (Serbia) 6-3 6-2

Wang Qiang (China) defeated Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) 6-4 6-3

- Garbiñe Muguruza (7) (Spain) defeated Veronika Kudermetova 7-5 7-5

- Karolina Pliskova (5) (Czech Republic) defeated Alizé Cornet (France) 6-1 6-3

- Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) defeated Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-4 6-1

- Elena Vesnina (ROC) defeated Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4

- Camila Giorgi (Italy) defeated Jennifer Brady (11) (USA) 6-3 6-2

Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia) defeated Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 7-5 3-2 (retired)

- Elina Svitolina (4) (Ukraine) defeated Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-3 5-7 6-4

Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) defeated Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 7-6(4) 1-3 (retired)

- Ekaterina Alexandrova (ROC) defeated Elise Mertens (12) (Belgium) 4-6 6-4 6-4

Naomi Osaka (2) (Japan) defeated Zheng Saisai (China) 6-1 6-4

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