Nadal, Alcaraz, Djokovic headline Day 1 of Olympic Tennis Occasion | ATP Tour

Nadal, Alcaraz, Djokovic headline first day of Olympic Tennis Occasion

Returning to the positioning of his latest Roland Garros triumph, Alcaraz will pull double responsibility Saturday

July 25, 2024

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal will all be in motion on Day 1 of the Olympic Tennis Occasion Saturday at Roland Garros in Paris.

Alcaraz is in line for a busy Olympics debut, dealing with Lebanon’s Hady Habib in the course of the day session on Courtroom Suzanne-Lenglen earlier than heading to Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier to open the night time session with doubles associate Rafael Nadal. ‘Nadalcaraz’ will play sixth-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.

Chasing his first Olympic singles gold, Djokovic will tackle Australian Matthew Ebden, higher referred to as one of many sport’s main doubles gamers. Ebden, who reached as excessive as No. 39 within the PIF ATP Rankings as a singles participant, final took to the court docket solo virtually two years in the past on the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem.

Different huge names in motion Saturday embrace Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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