Japan's Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron in Tokyo three years ago but she has it all to prove in Paris as she continues her slow-burning return to tennis.
The four-time Grand Slam champion begins her Paris Games campaign against Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday and she will be hoping for a change of fortunes after a difficult few months.
Osaka returned to tennis late last year after taking 15 months out for the birth of her daughter Shai, and her comeback has not yet lived up to her earlier high standards.
The 26-year-old said she 'didn't feel fully confident' in herself after losing to American Emma Navarro in less than an hour in the second round of Wimbledon .
Improvement at French OpenShe did better at the French Open , holding a match point against Iga Swiatek in the second round before losing in three sets to the Polish world number one.
