Murray is the defending champion from London 2012 and is now the favorite to become the first tennis player to win consecutive gold medals in singles competition.
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When she held in the next game, it was 3-1, and Svitolina was merely three games from a monumental upset.
In the 3rd round match against Elina Svitolina, Serena Williams put in little in order to block the opposite offensive. “I’m just trying to work and play match by match”.
The loss marked their first-ever Olympic doubles defeat.
Muguruza suffered an even heavier defeat against Puig and readily admitted: “I was very shocked about how she played today”.
Konta hailed the third-round win as one of the biggest of her career.
A surprising loss! Serena Williams is out of the Rio Olympics.
After a forgettable opening set she rallied to break Kerber and level at 5-5 in the second only for the 2016 Australian Open champion to break straight back before serving out the match.
No tennis player has been successful in winning two gold medals in the history of Olympic tennis for singles.
The third round of the tennis tournament for the Rio Olympics 2016 ended with one of the top tennis players losing at a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Before arriving in Rio, she lost in the first round at Mallorca and Montreal and made just the second round at Wimbledon. Williams also had many more double-faults in the match.
Williams also recently rebounded to obtain her 22nd career Grand Slam at Wimbledon.
“I didn’t find a way to beat her but I am over it”.
“Obviously the first set really got away from me; I think four games were deuce but I wasn’t able to make any inroads and I felt I was always playing catch-up”, Stosur said.
Second seed Angelique Kerber eased past Australia’s 2011 US Open victor Samantha Stosur 6-0, 7-5.
Noteworthy names still alive in men’s singles include reigning Olympic champion Andy Murray of Great Britain, Spain’s Rafael Nadal and France’s Gael Monfils.
British No1 Johanna Konta, meanwhile, remains in the draw after bouncing back from a set deficit to defeat two-time Grand Slam victor Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.
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Second seed Murray raced into the last 16, blitzing Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-1. Rafa Nadal, the third seed, was equally ruthless, claiming a seventh win in eight clashes against Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3.
