Djokovic could face Nadal in 2nd round at the Olympics

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could play against his longtime rival Rafa Nadal in the 2^nd round of the Paris Olympic tennis competition on clay.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic could face each other in the Olympics 🤩

The pair haven't played against each other in over two years.#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/0ra3a4tbjb

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 25, 2024

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The Serbian was drawn today vs. Australian Matthew Ebden, and Rafa will play against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, with the winners of those clashes playing in the 2^nd round.

The Spaniard (38) won a record 14 of his 22 Grand Slams at the Roland-Garros. Nadal won gold in singles in Beijing in 2008 and in doubles with Marc Lopez at Rio de Janeiro 8 years ago.

Roland-Garros champ Carlos Alcaraz faces Lebanese player Hady Habib.

Top-ranked Polish Iga Swiatek will play Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the 1^st-round of the women’s draw, with 2^nd-seeded Coco Gauff from the USA playing against Ajla Tomljanović from Australia.

Nole and Iga have never won gold medal at the Olympics. Djokovic only Olympic medal was bronze at Beijing where Rafael won his only gold medal.