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| Hosts: Rio de Janeiro Dates: 5-21 August Rio time: BST -4 |
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Novak Djokovic suffered another Olympics defeat as he and 40-year-old team-mate Nenad Zimonjic exited the men’s doubles in round two.
The Serbs lost 6-4 6-4 to Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in Rio.
The loss came a day after Djokovic was knocked out of the singles by Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.
World number one Djokovic, 29, suffered a surprise second-round defeat at Wimbledon in July when he lost to American Sam Querry.
The 12-time Grand Slam winner came back to claim his 30th Masters title in Toronto before the Olympics.
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| Olympic Games on the BBC |
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| Hosts: Rio de Janeiro Dates: 5-21 August Rio time: BST -4 |
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Johanna Konta reached the third round of the women’s singles at the Olympics, but fellow Britons Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund were eliminated in Rio.
World number 13 Konta beat France’s Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3.
Watson, ranked 66th, struggled against world number 20 Elina Svitolina with the Ukrainian winning 6-3 1-6 6-3.
The two Britons will team up in the women’s doubles later on Monday when they face third seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei.
“I’m grateful to be here and I get to say I’m an Olympian,” Konta, 25, told BBC Radio 5 live.
“I’m here to compete and I’m really enjoying being part of the whole thing.”
Britain’s Kyle Edmund went out of the men’s singles with a 6-4 7-5 defeat by Japan’s Taro Daniel.
Daniel, ranked 117 in the world, trailed 0-3 in the first set and 2-5 in the second but recovered to progress to a third-round encounter with Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro or Brazilian Joao Sousa.
“I know what I could have done better,” Edmund said. “I just wasn’t able to quite do it on the court and problem-solve during the match. I am disappointed at the minute but it isn’t the end of the world.”
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World No. 8 joins forces with popular Croat
Tomas Berdych revealed on Monday that he will begin to work with Goran Ivanisevic at next week’s Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
“I am delighted to announce a new addition to my team,” Berdych wrote on his official Twitter account. “Two months ago, I started working with Luka Kutanjac and I feel that, since then, my game has [improved] and my form has been going in the right direction. In order to further improve, I have decided to add Goran Ivanisevic to the team already in Cincinnati.
“I feel that Goran, with his playing and coaching experience, as well as his energy, is a perfect addition to the team. [I’m] feeling excited about new challenges.”
Ivanisevic parted company with fellow Croatian Marin Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, on 21 June after a three-year partnership. Former World No. 2 Ivanisevic, one of the biggest servers of the Open Era, captured the 2001 Wimbledon title as a wild card entry.
Berdych, 30, is currently No. 8 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. He has a 12-17 record in tour-level finals.
Britain’s Kyle Edmund is out of the men’s singles following a straight-set defeat by Japan’s Taro Daniel in Rio.
Daniel, ranked 117, fought back from 0-3 in the first set to claim a 6-4 victory. He also trailed 2-5 in the second, but battled back to win 7-5 and book a place in the third round against Juan Martin del Potro or Joao Sousa.
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Top seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles by Juan Martin Del Potro.
The Serb, who lost to Del Potro in the bronze medal play-off at London 2012, was again overpowered by the Argentine, who won 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2).
The world number one, 29, was in tears as he left the court after the two-and-a-half hours match.
“This is one of the toughest losses in my career,” said Djokovic, who was chasing a first Olympic title.
Djokovic became the first man for 47 years to hold all four Grand Slam titles after winning the French Open in June.
He suffered a shock third-round loss to American Sam Querrey at Wimbledon but bounced back by winning his 30th Masters title in Toronto last week.
“It’s not easy to handle, especially now, just after the wounds are still fresh,” he added after failing to improve on the bronze he won at the 2008 Olympics.
“But you have to deal with it. It’s not the first or the last time that I have lost a tennis match. But the Olympic Games, yeah, it’s completely different.”
Del Potro will face Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the second round on Monday.
The 27-year-old, a former US Open winner, has dropped to 141st in the world after two years of injury problems but did not face a single break point on his serve against the 12-time Grand Slam champion.
“It was a wonderful evening from the beginning,” said Del Potro.
“After all the effort I’ve put in to get back to playing tennis, I’ve defeated the number one. It was a dream night.”
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