On the 25th, the second day of the Tokyo Olympics, the women's singles tennis player Naomi Osaka and the men's singles Kei Nishikori both won straight and decided to advance to the second round.
In the first round of women's singles, Osaka, who was the final runner of the torch relay in the first round of the Olympic Games, participated in the world ranking, and played against China's Zheng Saisai in 52nd place in the world.
After deciding three service ace from the start and taking the first game, Osaka overwhelms the opponent with a powerful stroke in the following second and fourth games and breaks, taking the first set 6-1.
In the second set that followed, if he broke with a strong return, he took this set 6-4 without allowing the opponent to break even once throughout the match, and decided to advance to the second round with a straight win of 2-0. I did.
In the first round of men's singles, Nishikori, who won the first round of doubles on the 24th in the fourth Olympic appearance, participated and played against Andrey Rublev of the Russian Olympic Committee, which is the 7th in the world.
Nishikori decides the service ace from the start, creates a rhythm with a stable return, and breaks in the fourth game.
After that, although he was robbed of the service game, he broke again and took the first set 6-3.
In the second set that followed, they kept each other's service games, but succeeded in breaking the seventh game, took the second set 6-4, and advanced to the second round with a straight win with a set count of 2-0. I decided.
Nishikori has defeated the top 10 players three years ago since November 2018, and has topped the first match of the Olympic men's singles for the third consecutive tournament.
Osaka will face Swiss Victoria Goluvic in the 50th place in the world in the second round of women's singles from 11:00 am on the 26th.
Nishikori will participate in the second round of men's doubles on the 26th, and will face Marcos Giron of the United States, who is 64th in the world, in the second round of men's singles from the 27th.
On the other hand, in the first round of men's singles on the 25th, Yoshihito Nishioka, who is 55th in the world, took one set first against the opponent who is 25th in the world, but he was not strong enough and lost with a set count of 1-2.
In the first round of the men's doubles, the pair of Nishioka and Taro Daniel lost to the Croatian pair with a set count of 0-2.
In the first round of the women's doubles, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara lost to the Swiss pair 1-2.
Overseas
On the other hand, overseas players, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, who participated in the first round of women's singles in the world, lost to the 48th Spanish player in the world with a set count of 0 to 2.
It was also announced that British Andy Murray, who has won gold medals in two consecutive tournaments in London and Rio de Janeiro, will abstain from the first round of men's singles.
Murray is planning to play in the doubles game and commented, "I'm very sorry, but with the advice of the medical staff, I made a difficult decision to stop playing in the singles and concentrate on the doubles."