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Barty, Australia men's number one Alex de
Minaur and world number 60 Nick Kyrgios are among eight Olympic
debutants in the 11-strong team, with former U.S. Open champion
Sam Stosur on board for her fifth Games.
"It's something I've always dreamt of and (I'm) obviously super
excited to get out there and represent the green and gold," said
Barty, who will become Australia's first Indigenous tennis
Olympian, in a video released by Tennis Australia.
"It's a massive, united team and I can't wait to be a part of
it."
Barty, De Minaur, Stosur and men's world number 43 John Millman
will compete in both singles and doubles, while Kyrgios will
play only singles.
Rio Olympians Millman and John Peers, a doubles specialist,
return for their second Games as Australia look to win their
first medal since Alicia Molik took singles bronze at Athens in
2004.
Molik will captain the women's team which includes Ajla
Tomljanovic in the singles, and Storm Sanders and Ellen Perez
for doubles.
The Tokyo tennis tournament starts on July 24 at Ariake Tennis
Park.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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