British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski lost in the first round of the men’s doubles, going down 4-6 6-3 10-8 to Czech pair Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek.
Their defeat leaves Andy Murray, who is retiring after the Games, and Dan Evans as the only British representatives in the men’s doubles event.
Later on Monday Evans, who earned an barely-believable victory alongside Murray on Sunday night, lost 6-1 6-2 to Greek eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of the singles.
“It wasn’t that good from me really, he’s an amazing tennis player and was too good,” said 34-year-old Evans.
“It was a quick turnaround and it was just too much. But to get a chance to play for Great Britain you shouldn’t be pulling out so that’s why I went out there.”
Poland’s Iga Swiatek, who is favourite for gold in the women’s singles, breezed into the third round with a 6-1 6-1 win over France’s Diane Parry.
Swiatek, 23, won the French Open title on the Roland Garros clay last month for the third successive year.
American second seed Coco Gauff advanced with a 6-1 6-1 win over Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carles, while Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini – who finished runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon recently – won 6-4 6-1 against Poland’s Magda Linette.
Czech ninth seed Barbora Krejcikova, who beat Paolini to the Wimbledon title, also moved into the last 16, as did Greek seventh seed Maria Sakkari and Germany’s Angelique Kerber.
Kerber, 36, is playing the final tournament of her career after announcing last week she is going retire after the Games.
2024-07-29 14:30:37
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