The first day of the opening weekend for the Tokyo Olympic Games is starting to wrap up. It featured competitions in men’s gymnastics, women’s soccer, swimming, tennis and more. Tennis Novak Djokovic’s bid for a “Golden Slam” is alive and well following a routine 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia in the opening round of the Tokyo tennis tournament. The top-ranked Serb is attempting to become the first man to win all four major tennis tournaments and an Olympic singles gold medal in the same year. Djokovic’s next opponent will be 48th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.Struff eliminated Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 6-3, 6-4.Men’s gymnasticsKohei Uchimura’s gymnastics career is over. The Japanese star can take solace knowing that the sport the two-time Olympic champion redefined appears to be in good hands in his home country.Daiki Hashimoto topped Olympic qualifying through two subdivisions on Saturday, putting on a show inside the largely empty Ariake Gymnastics Centre to help Japan sprint to the top of the leaderboard.Hashimoto’s all-around total of 88.531 pushed Japan past rivals China and ROC, as the Russian team is known, to the top spot in qualifying. The Japanese will bid Monday night for an Olympic title to back up the one they captured in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.The United States is in Subdivision 3, which will take place on July 24 at 6:30 a.m. EST. Women’s soccerThe U.S. Women’s National Team will play New Zealand at 7:30 a.m. EST on Saturday. Women’s 3-on-3 basketballThe United States beat France 17-10 in the debut of women’s 3-on-3 basketball as an Olympic sport. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden attended the game. The two sat near one another.Swimming Both women’s and men’s competitions take place throughout the weekend. Look for butterfly heats, freestyle heats, freestyle relay heats and breaststroke heats. The opening weekend of the Tokyo Games is in full swing. Some notable sports on the schedule for the next day of events are women’s gymnastics, swimming and diving.Check out the full Olympics schedule here.CNN contributed to this report.
The first day of the opening weekend for the Tokyo Olympic Games is starting to wrap up. It featured competitions in men’s gymnastics, women’s soccer, swimming, tennis and more.
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Tennis
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a “Golden Slam” is alive and well following a routine 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia in the opening round of the Tokyo tennis tournament.
The top-ranked Serb is attempting to become the first man to win all four major tennis tournaments and an Olympic singles gold medal in the same year.
Djokovic’s next opponent will be 48th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.
Struff eliminated Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s gymnastics
Kohei Uchimura’s gymnastics career is over. The Japanese star can take solace knowing that the sport the two-time Olympic champion redefined appears to be in good hands in his home country.
Daiki Hashimoto topped Olympic qualifying through two subdivisions on Saturday, putting on a show inside the largely empty Ariake Gymnastics Centre to help Japan sprint to the top of the leaderboard.
Hashimoto’s all-around total of 88.531 pushed Japan past rivals China and ROC, as the Russian team is known, to the top spot in qualifying. The Japanese will bid Monday night for an Olympic title to back up the one they captured in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.
Women’s soccer
The Americans rebounded from their opening loss with a 6-1 rout of New Zealand in front of the First Lady Jill Biden on Saturday in the women’s soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.
With the United States leading 2-0 at the break, Biden arrived in time to watch the team put the game away in the second half at Saitama Stadium.
The United States was stunned by Sweden in the first match, losing 3-0. It was the team’s first loss since January 2019 and snapped a 44-game unbeaten streak. The Americans had not been held scoreless since 2017.
Women’s 3-on-3 basketball
The United States beat France 17-10 in the debut of women’s 3-on-3 basketball as an Olympic sport.
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden attended the game. The two sat near one another.
Swimming
Both women’s and men’s competitions take place throughout the weekend. Look for butterfly heats, freestyle heats, freestyle relay heats and breaststroke heats.
The opening weekend of the Tokyo Games is in full swing. Some notable sports on the schedule for the next day of events are women’s gymnastics, swimming and diving.
Check out the full Olympics schedule here.
CNN contributed to this report.
