Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Tennis - Women's Singles - Round 1 - Ariake Tennis Park - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Ashleigh Barty of Australia in action during her first round match against Sara Sorribes of Spain REUTERS/Edgar Su
TOKYO (Reuters) -Australia's tennis world number one Ash Barty looked out of touch and out of place on Sunday as she crashed out of the first round of the Tokyo Olympics with a dismal defeat to 48th-ranked Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Barty slumped 6-4 6-3 to the Spaniard on Tokyo's blue Olympic courts, in a one-sided contest during which the freshly crowned Wimbledon champion never settled.
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