Number 9 seed Carla Suarez Navarro came from a set down to beat world number 26 player Ana Ivanovic 2-6 6-1 6-2 to reach the second round at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Ivanovic broke twice in the opening set to take a 4-1 lead and held her next service games to clinch the first set.
Suarez Navarro broke serve after two double faults from Ivanovic and backed up the break to open up a 3-0 lead. The Spanish player broke to love after three more double faults from Ivanovic en route to clinching the second set 6-1.
Suarez Navarro broke serve to 30 in the third game of the the decider to open up a 4-0 lead. Ivanovic stopped Suarez Navarro’s winning streak of seven consecuive games in the fifth game.
Ivanovic broke back in the sixth game for 2-4. Suarez Navarro broke again at deuce to open up a 5-2 lead and served out on her third match point in the next game after 1 hour and 35 minutes setting up a second roun against Ana Konjuh, who beat Annika Beck 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.
Madison Keys beat Danka Kovinic 6-3 6-3 in their first head-to-head match.
The first set went on serve until the seventh game when Keys got the decisive break. The US player held her service game to open up a 5-3 lead. Keys got the double break to close out the first set.
The second set went on serve until the sixth game when Keys broke serve. Keys never looked back and served out for the match at 5-3.
Saisai Zheng beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 7-5 in their first head-to-head match. Both players held serve until the seventh game when Zheng got the only break for 4-3. The Chinese player served out for the set with an ace and a passing shot. Zheng broke serve in the third game of the second set to take a 2-1 lead. Radwanska broke back to 30 in the 10th game to draw level to 5-5 but Zheng got another break in the 11th game to take the 6-5 lead and held her service game to 30 to win the second set 7-5.
Shuai Zhang came back from a set down to battle past Timea Bacsinszky 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 7-6 (9-7). Zhang broke serve to love to take a 5-3 lead in the first set but was broken back immediately as she was serving for the set. The set came down to the tie-break where Bacsinszky opened up a 5-1 lead.
Zhang went up a double break to open up a 3-0 lead. Bacsinszky got one of the two breaks back but Zhang closed out on the second set point.
The third set started with two breaks of serve for Zhang. Bacsinszky again managed to get one of the two breaks back in the fourth game
Bacsinszky broke serve to draw level to 5-5 as Zhang was serving for the match in the 10th game. After a break for Zhang in the 11th game the third set came down to the third set. Both players held their service games until 3-3. Bacsinszky got the mini-break to open up a 6-3 but failed to convert three match points. Zhang reeled off four consecutive points to take a 7-6 lead. The Chinese player did not convert her first match point but held her serve on the next point to close out the match
