Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all are on the Paris Olympics tennis schedule Saturday. That is the first day of action at Roland Garros. Serbia’s Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only, and Alcaraz in both.
Tennis players from left, Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, Rafael Nadal of Spain, Angelique Kerber of Germany and Andy Murray of Britain attend the tennis official draw ceremony, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris , France. Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball during a practice session ahead of the tennis competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris , France.
Nadal’s singles debut will come Sunday against Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. If he wins, and Djokovic wins his first-round match against Matthew Ebden on Saturday, the two rivals will face each other in the second round of what could be the final event of Djokovic owns 24 Grand Slam titles. Nadal has 22, plus two Olympic golds — one in singles in 2008 and in doubles in 2016.
The first match in Chatrier will involve top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland, who has won four of the past five championships in that stadium at the French Open, against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania. That will be followed by Djokovic vs. Ebden. After Nadal and Alcaraz start the night session, the day’s program concludes with a pair of former No. 1 players who own multiple major titles: Naomi Osaka of Japan vs. Angelique Kerber of Germany.
Jasmine Paolini of Italy, the runner-up to Swiatek at the French Open in June and to Barbora Krejcikova at Wimbledon this month, opens play at Court Suzanne Lenglen against Ana Bogdan on Romania.
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