Tennis-Barty to lead Australia's gold hopes at Tokyo


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 26, 2021 Australia's Ashleigh Barty during a press conference Pool via REUTERS/Florian Eisele

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty will lead Australia's biggest Olympic tennis team at Tokyo as the nation bids for its first medal in 17 years at the Games.

Barty, Australia men's number one Alex de Minaur and world number 60 Nick Kyrgios are among eight Olympic debutants in the 11-strong team, with former U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur on board for her fifth Games.

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