Serena out of Rio tennis
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9, 2016 (AFP) - Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams was sent crashing out of the Olympic Games Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
Defeat for the 34-year-old American robbed her of the chance to secure a fifth gold medal and her 2016 Games are now over after she and sister Venus were deposed as doubles champions in the first round.
Svitolina, 21, will face two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova for a place in the semi-finals.
In another upset, Puerto Rico's Monica Puig collapsed in tears of joy after her shock 6-1 6-1 win over Spain's French Open champion Garbine Muguruza on Tuesday.
Puig, ranked 34 in the world, said the victory against third seed Muguruza was the biggest win in her career.
"I still have goosebumps," said Puig, who will play Germany's Laura Siegemund in the quarter-finals.
"I already know where I want to get and I'm letting the world know that I've arrived."
