Shooting: China sweep 10m golds in mixed team event
July 27, 2021 14:15
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.
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