i can t thank my coach enough. he said we are right in the nation s story with the covid case is rising. i had six or seven weeks out of the pool i had six or seven weeks out of the pool, which is unheard of. he brought me through it and i can t thank him enough. here we are. another shock earlier on in the tennis as the home favourite and one of faces of the games naomi osaka was knocked out in the third round by the world number 42 marketa vondrousova. osaka, who made history as the first tennis player to light the olympic cauldron at an opening ceremony, was beaten in straight sets. but andy murray goes on in the men s doubles he and his partnerjoe salisbury are through to the quarter finals in tokyo. they backed up their impressive opening round win to beat germany s kevin krawietz and tim putz 6 2 7 6. in the singles, a really impressive win for liam brodie. he was only called up to the team a week before the games and he s now knocked out hubert hurkacz the man who beat r
matches their record haul from rio 2016 with three and although they do not get the gold they crave, there were so many fighters desperate to get on this team and in addition to those who were here who will all have metal prospects come paris 2024, there is a bright future for this sport. nick hope there. another shock earlier on in the tennis as the home favourite and one of faces of the games naomi osaka was knocked out in the third round by the world number 42 marketa vondrousova. osaka, who made history as the first tennis player to light the olympic cauldron at an opening ceremony, was beaten in straight sets. but, andy murray goes on in the men s doubles, he and his partnerjoe salisbury are through to the quarterfinals in tokyo. they backed up their impressive opening round win to beat germany s kevin krawietz and tim putz 6 2, 7 6. and in the singles, a really impressive win for liam brodie. he was only called up to the team a week before the games, but he s now knocked out
win for liam brodie. he was only called up to the team a week before the games and he s now knocked out hubert hurkacz the man who beat roger federer at wimbledon. broady winning in three sets to reach the third round for one of the biggest wins of his career so far. and a look back to great britain s first medal of the day came in the women s triathlon, where georgia taylor brown took silver. she was beaten by bermuda s flora duffy who made history by winning the island nation s first gold at an olympics and first medal of any kind since a bronze in boxing at the montreal games in 76. for taylor brown second was a great achievement too, she revealed afterwards she was on crutches just 12 weeks ago and spent part of the bike stage of the race with a flat tyre but powered on regardless to finish second. great britain s women have drawn their final group game in the football tournament, having already qualified for the quarter finals. the team for the game against canada showed a