{"id":39072,"date":"2021-07-28T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39072"},"modified":"2021-07-28T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:20:55","slug":"tokyo-olympics-tennis-andy-murray-joe-salisbury-out-novak-djokovic-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39072","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Olympics tennis: Andy Murray & Joe Salisbury out, Novak Djokovic wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dates:<\/strong> 23 July-8 August <\/span>Time in Tokyo:<\/strong> BST +8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Andy Murray’s bid for an Olympic gold at a third successive Games ended as he and Joe Salisbury lost in the men’s doubles quarter-finals in Tokyo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The British pair lost 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 10-7 against Croatia’s Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig in the quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Murray, 34, and Salisbury, a doubles specialist who reached a career-high ranking of three last year, were playing their first event together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam Broady<\/strong> was the final Briton to fall after losing in the singles. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was a late call-up to the British squad after Dan Evans tested positive for coronavirus, and marked his Olympic debut with two victories including a fine win over Wimbledon semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, beating France’s Jeremy Chardy proved a step too far and he lost 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1 in hot conditions at the Ariake Tennis Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Serbia’s world number one Novak Djokovic also moved into the quarter-finals and praised a decision by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to move the start of play to 3pm local time from Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Djokovic had been among the players to complain about the stifling heat and humidity, with matches having begun at 11am.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev had trouble with the conditions in his win over Italian Fabio Fognini.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old took a medical timeout on court and called the trainer on two other occasions, and chair umpire Carlos Ramos asked Medvedev if he was all right during the second set.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m fine. I can finish the match but I can die. If I die will the ITF take responsibility?” Medvedev replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murray rues defeat with Olympics future unclear<\/h3>\n

Murray, who won the singles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, pulled out of the individual event with a minor thigh strain to focus on the doubles.<\/span><\/p>\n

The three-time Grand Slam singles champion forged an impressive partnership with 29-year-old Salisbury, who won his maiden major doubles title at last year’s Australian Open. <\/span><\/p>\n

But they could not build on a lead of a set and a break as Cilic and Dodig turned the match around.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t know if I’ll get the opportunity to play again,” said Murray. “I’ve loved every minute of playing in the Olympics. I wished today could have gone differently.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I had another chance with Joe to win a medal. We were so close, and that’s what’s disappointing. I would like to have done some stuff differently in the match to try to help out more. Very disappointed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The British pair broke serve in the first game of the match, maintaining that advantage as Salisbury clinched the opening set with an instinctive volley on a Murray service game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murray and Salisbury broke again for 3-2 in the second set and consolidated the advantage for 4-2, only to lose serve for 4-4 and see their opponents win the tie-break to force a decider.<\/span><\/p>\n

Momentum stayed with Cilic and Dodig in the first-to-10 match tie-break, with the Croats taking the second of three match points when Salisbury volleyed long.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who can end Djokovic’s dominance?<\/h3>\n
\"Novak<\/span><\/span>
Djokovic is bidding to replicate Steffi Graf’s 1988 feat of winning a ‘Golden Slam’ – all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in a single calendar year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the big questions in tennis circles is who will be able to stop <\/span>Djokovic<\/strong> becoming the first man to complete a ‘Golden Slam’.<\/span><\/p>\n

Serbia’s Djokovic has already claimed the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles this year, and moved into the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s singles with a 6-3 6-1 win over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian second seed <\/span>Medvedev<\/strong> is one of those bidding to end Djokovic’s hopes and is also through to the last eight after seeing off Italy’s Fabio Fognini 6-2 3-6 6-2, despite his struggle with the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next up for this year’s Australian Open finalist is Spain’s <\/span>Pablo Carreno Busta,<\/strong> who won 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer.<\/span><\/p>\n

German fourth seed <\/span>Alexander Zverev<\/strong> beat Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 7-6 (7-5) and will face Chardy in the last eight.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Greek third seed <\/span>Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/strong> is out after suffering a 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 defeat by France’s Ugo Humbert.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Daniil<\/span><\/span>
Medvedev is a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, having lost in the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Svitolina showing why she is the woman to beat<\/h3>\n

Ukrainian fourth seed <\/span>Elina Svitolina<\/strong> was the first player through to the Tokyo singles semi-finals after a 6-4 6-4 win against Italy’s Camila Giorgi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Svitolina, 26, is the highest-ranked player left in the women’s singles after early exits for Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, Japan’s Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Czech former French Open finalist <\/span>Marketa Vondrousova<\/strong> lies in wait for Svitolina in the last four. The 22-year-old left-hander won the first set against Paula Badosa before the Spaniard withdrew through illness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Swiss ninth seed <\/span>Belinda Bencic<\/strong> won 6-0 3-6 6-3 against Russia’s Anastasia Pavlychenkova and will face Kazakhstan’s <\/span>Elena Rybakina,<\/strong> who beat two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza of Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Elina<\/span><\/span>
Elina Svitolina is aiming for a double celebration in Tokyo after marrying fellow tennis player Gael Monfils last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Around<\/span><\/span>\"Around<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Andy Murray’s bid for an Olympic gold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hindi-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/119625931_murray.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}