WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ryan Harrison's Olympic debut ended with a mangled racket Saturday, when he lost to Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-5, 6-3. Harrison's game began to unravel after he lost serve to fall behind 6-5 in the first set. He slammed his racket to the grass in anger after losing the next-to-last game, and when he double-faulted on match point, he broke his racket by again spiking it. Harrison is ranked 52nd, and at 20 he's the youngest man on the U.S. team.
Harrison mangles racket to end Olympic debut
Jul. 28 8:00 AM EDT
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Grass is seen at Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, London Friday, July 27, 2012. On Saturday, lawn tennis will be played in the Olympics for the first time since 1920. The Games will be staged at the All England Club only three weeks after Wimbledon ended, which gave groundskeepers precious little time to repair damage to the courts. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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