Johanna Konta, Heather Watson eliminated from doubles

Great Britain's Johanna Konta and Heather Watson have suffered defeat in the second round of the women's doubles at the Olympic Games.

The pair had impressed in their opening-round win on Saturday evening but they could not match that display as they lost out to Chinese Taipei duo Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching.

Konta and Watson recorded the only break of serve during the opening set as they threatened to spring an upset against the third seeds but they were whitewashed during a one-sided second.

The decider featured five breaks of serve as both nations stayed in contention, but Konta and Watson were unable to get over the line and Chinese Taipei prevailed 3-6 6-0 6-4.

Earlier in the day, Konta beat Caroline Garcia to reach the last 16 of the singles but Watson lost out to Elina Svitolina.