If all goes according to plan, Carlos Alcaraz claims he and his great colleague Rafael Nadal will create a dream combo to compete in the men’s doubles at the Olympics in Paris later this year.
The July 27–August 4 tennis event is held in Roland Garros, home of a record-breaking 14 French Open singles victories for Rafael Nadal, who will turn 38 by then.
Alcaraz revealed he and Nadal had discussed working together in Paris after making it to the Madrid Open quarterfinals.
Alcaraz expressed his thoughts about it and said: “If everything goes according to plan, as I have already said, we will play the doubles together at the Olympics. But there is a long way to go until it gets underway.”
Alcaraz has returned to Madrid after his recovery from an arm injury, and Nadal has also been plagued by injuries for the last few years.
Alcaraz further said: “We have said how wonderful it would be to play a tournament before the Olympics. But that will be difficult. On clay, the next two tournaments are Rome and Roland Garros, which are hugely important to both of us in terms of the singles. Considering we are not at our physical peak, it will be tough to play both a tournament and the Olympics.”
Alcaraz in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2024
LWWWLWWWWW Ranked world no.3, Carlos owns a compiled 18-4 match record in 2024. Carlos is currently playing in Madrid where he toppled the world no.59 Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-1, the world no.63 Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 6-3 and the world no.24 Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-75 7-64.
Carlos Alcaraz will come up against the world no.8 Andrey Rublev in the quarter on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Alcaraz has won 1 title in 2024 in Indian Wells.
The Spaniard won 14 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz will compete next in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 8th of May.
Rafael Nadal in 2024
At the moment ranked no.512, Nadal played his last match on the 30th of April when he capitulated to world no.31 Jiri Lehecka 7-5 6-4 in the 4th round in Madrid (draw).
Until now, during this year Rafael has managed to achieve a 6-3 match record.
He is also scheduled to play at the French Open (French Open) after Rome. The main draw will start on the 8th of May.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal squared off 3 times. Their actual record is 2-1 for Nadal. Previously, the last time they played each other, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2022.
Here the video highlights.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal |
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