Iga Swiatek admitted she "just messed up" during her semi-final defeat to Qinwen Zheng at the Paris Olympics that ended her quest for a gold medal. (More Tennis News)
Swiatek, who has won four of the last five French Open titles at Roland-Garros, was reduced to tears in her post-match interview following the loss.
It ended the Pole's 1149-day unbeaten record on the clay courts in the French capital, having won 25 consecutive matches, along with a 47-4 completed sets record and claiming 10 sets by a score of 6-0 over that span.
The world number one was the pre-tournament favourite to win gold in Paris, having been knocked out at the quarter-final stage in Tokyo three years ago.
But a nightmare first set ended 6-2 in favour of Zheng, and when the Chinese broke Swiatek to draw level in the second after racing into a 4-0 lead, there seemed to be only one outcome.
바카라I just had a hole in my backhand. It happens rarely because it is usually my most solid strike,바카라 Swiatek told Kuwik.
바카라I was not technically well positioned because of the stress and the fact that I played my games day by day. We didn바카라t have time to adjust that and work on that.
바카라I know that바카라s not the justification but I tried to correct that during the match. Today it didn바카라t work at all. So she used that to win the game.바카라
When asked why she slumped from 4-0 to 4-4 and ultimately 5-7 in the second set, Swiatek added: 바카라It's the result of the match. So I just messed up.바카라
Swiatek still has the opportunity to take home a bronze medal when she faces the loser of the second semi-final between Croatian Donna Vekic and Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia.
