Guernsey Press

Double disappointment for Watson in Rio

HEATHER WATSON'S dream of a women's singles or doubles Olympic medal at Rio 2016 are over.

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The Guernsey star lost in three sets to Elina Svitolina in the second round of the singles yesterday 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

'I wasn't feeling my best physically but after that first set I started to feel a lot better and more in the match and I definitely had my opportunities early in that third set but wasn't able to take them,' Watson said.

Later she suffered a similar fate with her Great Britain teammate Johanna Konta against third seeds Hao-Ching and Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei in the doubles 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.

  • More in Tuesday’s Guernsey Press.

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