Tokyo 2020. Naomi Osaka easily advances to the third round
Japan's Naomi Osaka sent a warning message to the rest of the competitors at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, after she beat Viktoria Golubic 6-3 6-2 to reach the third round of the women's tennis singles.
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev ousted Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan with a 6-2, 6-2 win, while world number two Daniil Medvedev qualified with a comfortable 6-2 6-1 victory over Indian Sumit Nagal.
Japan's second-seeded player, Osaka, is in brilliance this week after returning to competition after a two-month hiatus, and cementing her position as one of the most promising figures representing host Japan.
The 23-year-old had no problem facing Golubic and easily made her way to the next match against Czech Marketa Vondrosova.
Leading female players also qualified for the singles event, as French Open champion Barbora Krichkova continued her positive results with a 6-2 6-4 victory over the Canadian teenager Annie Fernandez on the night.
Two Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza also beat China's Wang Qiang 6-3, 6-0.
The tennis competition witnessed the first case of Covid-19 among the players today, Monday, after the International Federation announced that the Dutch men's doubles competition withdrew from the Tokyo Games after the player Jean-Julian Roger was infected with Corona.
Roger is the first tennis player and the sixth member of the Netherlands delegation to be infected with Corona so far.
Rival pair Marcus Daniel and Michael Venus of New Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals without a game.
