Let’s take this announcement which makes +++ salivate with a lot of grain, given the physical problems of the two players this season. But all the same, imagine how great it would be to see Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal partnered in doubles during the Paris 2024 Olympics. “If all goes well, we will play doubles at the Olympics” in Paris this summer with Rafael Nadal, said the young Spaniard on Tuesday evening, after his qualification for the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
Since eliminated this Wednesday by Andrey Rublev (6-4, 3-6, 2-6), Carlos Alcaraz was questioned about the progress of this project which we did not see coming. “We talked about it a little,” he replied. If all goes well, as I already said, we will play doubles at the Olympics. But until then, there are many weeks left. We thought it would be great if we played a tournament together first. But it’s going to be difficult. »
“It’s going to be difficult to play a tournament before the Olympics”
The world number 3 unsurprisingly clarified why, while his legendary elder was rather reassuring in Madrid, reaching the round of 16 on Tuesday, where he was knocked out by the Czech Jiri Lehecka (5-7, 4-6).
“On clay, the next tournaments are Rome and Roland-Garros, two really important tournaments for us in singles, and as we are not in our best physical condition, it will be difficult to play a tournament before the Games Olympics”. Remember that the Olympic tennis tournaments are organized on the clay court of Roland-Garros, where Rafael Nadal has two or three benchmarks thanks to his 14 coronations.