Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's women's tennis pair Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina lost their first-round match against Ukraine's Liudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok 6-0 6-7 [8-10]. The Indian tennis duo showcased their confidence as they won the first set 6-0 but soon after that lost their rhythm against the Ukrainian twins. Let us tell you that In badminton, India's 2016 Rio Games silver medallist, PV Sindhu won her women's singles first-round match against Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova 21-7 21-10.

Sindhu won with ease with confidence and gave the giving a medal hope. Earlier, the third day of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 saw Indian shooters, Manu Bhaker (rank 12) and Yashaswini Singh Deswal (rank 13) disappoint as they failed to make the cut for the Women's 10m Air Pistol Final. In the men's category, Divyansh Singh Panwar will also be in action in the 10m Air Rifle event. Boxing legend MC Mary Kom will also kick off her campaign today at the Games. A host of tennis stars will be in action, including home heroes Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori. Gymnastics icon Simone Biles will also begin her campaign at the Games.

While playing the match, Sania went 15-30 but pulled off a well-calculated lob to ward off the danger. However, repeatedly she made two consecutive errors to hand the Ukrainians their first break, the second being a long backhand. From there on, the match changed dramatically and the Ukrainians started calling the shots.

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