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But the Aussies were pipped in the super tiebreaker to miss a golden opportunity to eliminate the top seeds and earn a semi-final berth, losing 3-6 6-4 (10-7).<\/p>\n
Barty crashed out in the first round of the women's singles tournament<\/a> in a shock straight-sets defeat to Spain's world No.48 Sara Sorribes Tormo.<\/p>\n It was a crushing result for the world No.1 and a big letdown only a fortnight after winning the Wimbledon crown<\/a>.<\/p>\n Barty racked up a staggering 55 unforced errors and landed just over half her first serves in play.<\/p>\n But Barty's got one last chance for an Olympic medal in Tokyo, teaming up with John Peers in the mixed doubles, with their first-round match later tonight.<\/p>\n The pair partnered for runs to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2013 and the US Open in 2014.<\/p>\n Australia's other two representatives in the women's doubles, Sam Stosur and Ellen Perez, will compete in their quarter-final against Swiss duo Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic later today.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n