Shooting: China sweep 10m golds in mixed team event

July 27, 2021

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the third round of the men's singles tennis at the Olympic Games.

Men's world number four Tsitsipas avenged his straight-sets loss to Frances Tiafoe at Wimbledon last month, taking out the American 6-3 6-4 to book a place in the third round.

Tsitsipas attributed his win to improved "concentration and attention levels" at the Games. His Wimbledon first-round loss had come just days after he was beaten in a heartbreaking five-set defeat to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the French Open final.

Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, who took the court after play resumed in the afternoon, also moved into the third round with a 6-4 7-5 win over Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic.

Japanese medal hopeful Naomi Osaka was eliminated from the women's event. World number two Osaka was downed 6-1 6-4 by Marketa Vondrousova in one of the biggest upsets of the Games.

Earlier, China's Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei outduelled their Russian rivals in a riveting contest to secure gold in the 10-metre air pistol mixed team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

The Chinese pair scored a 16-14 victory against newly minted women's Olympic champion Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov at the Asaka Shooting Range.

Compatriots Yang Qian and Yang Haoran later combined to win the 10-metre air rifle mixed team event, beating Americans Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky 17-13 in the gold medal match.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) claimed the bronze.