Heather Watson's Olympic dreams ended

Watson's Olympic dreams ended

Great Britain's Heather Watson is out of the women's Olympic singles after she succumbed to Russian Maria Kirilenko in straight sets at Wimbledon.

The 20-year-old fought hard at the start of the opening set but Kirilenko broke twice to take control.

Despite Watson pulling one of the breaks back in front of a partisan crowd, the world number 15 broke again to take the first set 6-3.

The Russian showed her experience in the second as two more breaks saw her seal the victory 6-2.

Kirilenko's triumph has set up a third-round encounter with Julia Goerges of Germany.

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