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PARIS - Spain's dream team of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's tennis doubles with a 6-4 6-7 10-2 defeat of Dutchmen Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof at Roland Garros on Tuesday.A day after 14-time French Open champion Nadal was heavily beaten by Novak Djokovic in the singles, the 38-year-old bounced back with a commanding display alongside his compatriot.
The Spanish duo, dubbed Nadalcaraz, delighted a packed and vociferous crowd on a sweltering Court Suzanne Lenglen arena as they combined their formidable firepower to keep their gold medal dream on course.Alcaraz, 21, pummeled a forehand winner to get the crucial break of serve in the first set with Nadal roaring his approval.Koolhof, a former doubles world number one, and Griekspoor provided stiff resistance in the second set before dominating a second-set tiebreak, winning it 7-2.
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