Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are all on the entry list for tennis at the Paris Olympics. The International Tennis Federation released the athletes' names on Thursday.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a forehand return to Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic during their first round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. FILE - Spain’s Rafael Nadal plays a shot against Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris , Monday, May 27, 2024.
Djokovic and Murray are both 37, and Nadal is 38, and all own multiple Grand Slam titles. Djokovic holds a men’s-record 24 major trophies — but he has never won a gold medal at the Olympics. Nadal, next on the men’s Slam list with 22, won golds in singles in 2008 and in doubles in 2016. He skippedMurray won three major championships and is the only tennis player with consecutive singles gold medals at the Summer Games. He has said he plans to retire after the Paris Olympics, which will hold tennis matches from July 27 to Aug. 4 on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open — where Nadal is a 14-time champ.. No.
There are 64-player draws for women’s and men’s singles, and 32 teams each in women’s and men’s doubles. The 16 entries for mixed doubles will be determined on July 24. The draw to determine the brackets will be in Paris on July 25. Among the other players announced Thursday are three-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz — who will play doubles alongside Nadal for Spain — No. 1 Jannik Sinner , Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev , 2008 doubles gold medalist Stan Wawrinka , four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka , 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu and 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki .
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