Paris Olympics 2024, Novak Djokovic wins: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz both prevailed, moving on to the second round of the singles competition

Paris Olympics 2024, Novak Djokovic wins: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz both prevailed, moving on to the second round of the singles competition

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Paris Olympics 2024; Novak Djokovic wins:

With a 6-0, 6-1 victory at Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic wins his quest for an Olympic gold medal. This might lead to a second-round matchup with longstanding rival Rafael Nadal.

The defending French Open and Wimbledon winner, Carlos Alcaraz, ranked second in the rankings, also got off to an easy 6-3, 6-1 victory over Hady Habib of Lebanon.

Paris Olympics 2024, Novak Djokovic wins : At the Paris 2024 Olympics, on Saturday, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Serbian Novak Djokovic got off to quick starts.

Longtime rival Nadal, the Spaniard who was supposed to play his initial singles match on Sunday, might be Djokovic’s opponent in the second round.

𝗠𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼… ¡𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗮! 🎬

🇷🇸 @DjokerNole necesitó sólo 54 minutos en primera ronda ante Ebden (6-0, 6-1).#Paris2024 supone su inicio más contundente en una cita olímpica.

— ATP Tour en Español (@ATPTour_ES) July 27, 2024

After Jannik Sinner withdrew due to illness, Serbia’s top-seeded player Djokovic took less than an hour to defeat Matthew Ebden, an Australian doubles player playing in a tour-level singles game for the very first time in over two years.

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Since Ebden was in Paris for doubles, he was accessible when Denmark’s 16th-ranked Holger Rune withdrew due to a wrist injury. This allowed Ebden to advance to the singles round.

First-round wins under covered Roland Garros, where Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz won their respective French Open crowns less than two months ago, kicked off the Paris Olympics tennis action on Saturday.

Like Swiatek and Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic triumphed in straight sets to begin his quest for an Olympic gold medal. Longtime rival Rafael Nadal, who was supposed to play his initial singles match on Sunday, might be Djokovic’s opponent in the second round.

Top seeds in the singles competition, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek, advanced to the next round of the rain-affected tennis competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Saturday, July 27.

Djokovic defeated Matthew Ebden of Australia and gave up just one game to start his incredible Olympic journey in Paris 2024.

After a commanding 6-0, 6-1 victory in just 53 minutes, the top seed advanced to the second round, where he would take on 2 time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain. On Sunday, Nadal will play Marton Fucsovics in the opening round of the singles competition.

After defeating Hady Habib of Lebanon 6-3, 6-1 in his Olympic debut, recent French Open as well as  Wimbledon champion Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz teamed up with Rafael Nadal to win their first match as a doubles team.

Novak’s first win in Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic wins; who defeated a rival who hadn’t played singles in two years, and wants the Olympics’ rules changed.

Djokovic expressed his disappointment and wants a rule to be changed in the Olympics. Read what he stated-

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“I really don’t understand the rules. They’re really not logical for me,” said 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic, who is vying for his first gold at the Olympics.

Regarding a doubles player competing in the Olympics as a single, he stated, “I don’t think it’s a good image for the sport, to be honest.”

He added, “There were a lot of singles players that have plenty of time, that were alternates, that could have been called to come. This part I don’t get.”

Novak’s first win in Wimbledon