Stosur to lead depleted Australian team at Olympics

Sam Stosur of Australia speaks during a round-table meet on the first day of the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 20, 2012. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur will lead an under-strength Australian team at the Rio Olympics following the controversial withdrawals of top men's prospects Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic.

Stosur, who was eliminated from the second round of Wimbledon last week, will become Australia's first woman to compete in four Olympic tennis tournaments after making her debut at Athens in 2004.