Current time in Tokyo: July 25, 11:08 p.m.
Naomi Osaka of Japan won her first match as a rare athlete to light an Olympic cauldron, but Ashleigh Barty of Australia is out of the Olympic singles tennis tournament.
Just two weeks after winning her first title at Wimbledon, the No. 1-ranked Barty fell in straight sets to Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, 6-4, 6-3.
Under a broiling sun that combined with high humidity and temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, Barty never found her rhythm against the 24-year-old Spaniard. Barty saved two set points in the first set, and two match points while serving at 3-5 in the second set. But on Sorribes Tormo’s third chance, Barty netted a backhand volley, one…
