British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski misplaced within the first spherical of the lads’s doubles, happening 4-6 6-3 10-8 to Czech pair Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek.
Their defeat leaves Andy Murray, who’s retiring after the Video games, and Dan Evans as the one British representatives within the males’s doubles occasion.
In a while Monday Evans, who earned an barely-believable victory alongside Murray on Sunday night time, misplaced 6-1 6-2 to Greek eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas within the second spherical of the singles.
“It wasn’t that good from me actually, he’s an incredible tennis participant and was too good,” stated 34-year-old Evans.
“It was a fast turnaround and it was simply an excessive amount of. However to get an opportunity to play for Nice Britain you shouldn’t be pulling out in order that’s why I went on the market.”
Poland’s Iga Swiatek, who’s favorite for gold within the girls’s singles, breezed into the third spherical with a 6-1 6-1 win over France’s Diane Parry.
Swiatek, 23, gained the French Open title on the Roland Garros clay final month for the third successive yr.
American second seed Coco Gauff superior with a 6-1 6-1 win over Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carles, whereas Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini – who completed runner-up on the French Open and Wimbledon lately – gained 6-4 6-1 in opposition to Poland’s Magda Linette.
Czech ninth seed Barbora Krejcikova, who beat Paolini to the Wimbledon title, additionally moved into the final 16, as did Greek seventh seed Maria Sakkari and Germany’s Angelique Kerber.
Kerber, 36, is taking part in the ultimate event of her profession after asserting final week she goes retire after the Video games.
