Olympic Men’s Tennis 2016: Saturday Round-of-64 Results, Scores and Reaction

The Men’s Olympic Tennis tournament got underway on Saturday, with Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic and Kyle Edmund booking their spot in the second round.

Nishikori cruised to a win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas, while Cilic didn’t have it any harder against Grigor Dimitrov. Edmund beat Jordan Thompson, but Jack Sock lost in two sets against Japan’s Taro Daniel.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray will be in action on Sunday.

Here’s a look at the men’s results from Saturday:

Recap

Nishikori stole the show in his routine two-set win over Ramos-Vinolas, dominating from the baseline and losing just six games on his way to the next round.

The 26-year-old had a fast start to the match, and everything seemed to go his way early. He even managed to win a point after dropping his racket on serve, to the disbelief of the crowd and Ramos-Vinolas.

Per Record’s Jose Morgado, the fans seemed to love what they were seeing:

Looks like the Brazilian crowd loves Kei. A lot of Japanese there as well.

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) August 6, 2016

The first set was hardly a …

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