Olympic Women’s Tennis 2016: Round-of-32 Results, Scores and Reaction

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Published: August 8, 2016

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Caroline Wozniacki's 2016 Summer Olympics dream came to an end on Monday, as Petra Kvitova defeated the former world No. 1, 6-2, 6-4, in the round of 32 of the women's tennis tournament in Rio de Janeiro. 

The Danish star continued her poor 2016 campaign with another underwhelming outing, putting up little resistance on her way out of the Games.

Elsewhere, Monica Puig booked her spot in the next round, dropping just five games in total to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, as she won 6-3, 6-2. Angelique Kerber stayed right on track, taking care of Eugenie Bouchard, and Lucie Safarova was forced to retire against Kirsten Flipkens.

Here's a look at Monday's results:



  

Recap

Reigning gold medalist Serena Williams received a stern test from Alize Cornet and advanced in straight sets, 7-6(5), 6-2.

Cornet played excellent defensive tennis in the opening set, with her speed and recovery giving the tournament's top seed plenty of fits. And as Cornet continued to stay alive deep into points, Williams became visibly frustrated.

At one point, she slammed her racket to the court in disgust. NBC Olympics provided a look at the aftermath:



Williams survived two set points to win the opening set in a tiebreaker. Cornet was unable to maintain her level of performance from the first set and put up little resistance in the second.

Kvitova has been in fine form of late and wasted little time finding a rhythm against Wozniacki, taking the first four games of their match with excellent baseline tennis. The former world No. 2 flashed her tremendous power in the rallies, and Wozniacki simply couldn't keep up.

The Record's Jose Morgado was impressed:



Kvitova's serve was a little shaky, however, and Wozniacki pulled a break back to bring some excitement to the first set, but her opponent responded immediately ...
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