Serena Williams(USA) hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal were crushed by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Tuesday Aug 09,2016 as the battle for the women's title in Rio was blown wide open.Top seed and defending champion Williams was clearly struggling with a right shoulder injury as she was stunned 6-4, 6-3 by Svitolina, 13 years her junior
Defeat for Serena Williams(34) means that the Rio tournament has lost both its number one players before the quarter-finals after Novak Djokovic went out in the first round.
Only three of the top 10 seeds have made it to the last-eight of the women's draw.
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