TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 25: Ashleigh Barty of Team Australia shows her frustration during her Women's Singles First Round match against Sara Sorribes Tormo of Team Spain on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Sorribes Tormo upsets top-ranked Barty in Olympic tennis

5 years ago
Clive Brunskill / Getty Images Sport / Getty

Top-ranked Ash Barty has been upset by 48th-ranked Spanish opponent Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Tokyo tennis tournament.

It was Barty’s Olympic singles debut. She won a doubles match with Australian teammate Storm Sanders on Saturday.

The defeat comes 15 days after Barty won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title.

XRedditFacebookWhatsAppEmailSMS
MORE STORIES