Barty 'disappointed' after shock exit to Sorribes Tormo at Olympic Games: "I never really felt comfortable out there"

Top seed Ashleigh Barty was dumped out of the Olympic Games in the first round as her gold medal hopes at least in the singles were expunged.

It was a 6-4, 6-3 win for the Spaniard and the recent Wimbledon champion admitted she could never quite get comfortable.

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"I’m disappointed I wasn’t able to get through today, it just wasn’t my day," she said. "Credit to Sara though, she is always a tough competitor.

"I never really felt comfortable out there and wasn’t able to play the match on my terms," she added. "The key to my game is serving well and I wasn’t able to do that today. I was a bit erratic and made too many errors."

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