PARIS : The Olympic tennis competition slides into action on Saturday with Rafa Nadal, the undisputed king of Roland Garros, the name on everyone's lips as he plots another golden chapter as the sun goes down on his remarkable career.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Tennis Training - Roland Garros Stadium, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain shakes hands with Rafael Nadal of Spain during training. REUTERS/Claudia GrecoPARIS : The Olympic tennis competition slides into action on Saturday with Rafa Nadal, the undisputed king of Roland Garros, the name on everyone's lips as he plots another golden chapter as the sun goes down on his remarkable career.
Serbian top seed Novak Djokovic will have one final attempt to win the Olympic title that has proved so infuriatingly elusive and Iga Swiatek will seek to turn her domination of red clay into gold in the women's singles. But excitement is bubbling about his doubles partnership with Carlos Alcaraz - the 21-year-old who claimed his fourth Grand Slam title by winning Wimbledon this month.
"They are not known for their doubles expertise but Nadal won a doubles Olympic gold . It's fantastic, it could be one for the history books." "I think Novak was very transparent and open at the beginning of the year that his most important tournament was the Olympics in Paris," Becker, who will be an expert for Eurosport on Discovery+ across Europe, said.For the women's singles gold it is hard to look beyond Swiatek who last month claimed a third successive French Open title and fourth overall, by beating Italian Jasmine Paolini.
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