Andy and Jamie Murray are out of the men's duplicates, while top seed Novak Djokovic lost in the singles, in a portion of the matches played Sunday at the Rio Olympics.
The Britons seeded second, lost 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (16-14) to Brazilian pair Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa before a divided home group.
Prior, shielding champion Andy Murray won his opening Olympic singles match by beating Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
In any case, Djokovic, Troicki's fellow team member, is out after a stun misfortune to Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro.
The world number one lost 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) to the London 2012 bronze medallist.
Del Potro had dropped out of the main 100 in the wake of being tormented by a genuine wrist damage over the recent years.
Djokovic, 29, has won four out of the previous five Grand Slams, additionally endured an astonishment early exit at Wimbledon a month ago.
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After warmly saluting Del Potro at the net, he exited the court in tears in the wake of neglecting to enhance the bronze decoration he won at Beijing 2008.
His annihilation opens up the draw for second seed Murray, 29, who beat Troicki 6-3 6-2 to advance to the second round.
Subsequent to losing his serve in the main diversion, the Scot went ahead to control the beat of the match.
English ladies' main Johanna Konta likewise recorded a straight-set wins in her first-round tie on her Olympic presentation.
Konta, who won in the ladies' duplicates nearby Heather Watson on Saturday, beat Liechtenstein's Stephanie Vogt 6-3 6-1.
The 25-year-old tenth seed needed to see off two break focuses in the primary set before taking control against the world number 290.
In the copies, the Murrays spared six match focuses, and squandered five set focuses, in an epic second-set tie-break before Bellucci and Sa in the end finished the win.
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