Liu upsets Szocs

American Liu Juan, ranked 450th in the world and seeded 68 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, took down Romania’s 14th seed Bernadette Szocs and the world number 26 in an absorbing contest that saw the Romanian make her exit from the Women’s Singles after receiving a bye into the third round. Liu seized the early initiative by taking the first game 11-4 before Szocs rallied back by winning the next two games. Liu regained her advantage when she outplayed Szocs in the fourth and fifth game before closing out the match in the sixth game 11-3 in five minutes to win 4-2 (11-4, 6-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3).