THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST TENNIS PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT IN THE PARIS OLYMPICS, FROM COCO GAUFF TO CARLOS ALCARAZ.
There will be a lot of famous tennis players to watch out in Paris. Including the best players of each gender: Iga Swiatek of Poland for women and Jannik Sinner of Italy for men. Sinner will be competing in his debut Olympic Games, while Swiatek is returning to the Games after competing in both the singles and doubles competitions in Tokyo 2021.
Spain’s two-time Olympic champion Rafael Nadal is scheduled to compete. This Olympics will be his last. He’ll play in a much-awaited doubles encounter with Carlos Alcaraz. The current winner of the French Open and Wimbledon is Carlos Alcaraz. The king of clay and the future of Spanish tennis make good pairings. They go to Roland Garros to compete for gold.
The performances in Paris will include the best athletes of each gender. Among the best male players is the Italian Jannik Sinner. Poland’s Iga Swiatek is among the best female players. Sinner is going to compete in his first Olympics. Swiatek will be making a comeback to the Games at the same time. She had previously participated in the singles and pairs competitions in Tokyo 2020.
Rafael Nadal’s last Olympics
Rafael Nadal, a Spanish tennis player, is competing in his final Olympics in Paris. He has competed in two Olympics. Nadal will face Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon winner, in a much-anticipated doubles encounter. Together, the future of Spanish tennis and the king of clay make formidable partners. Together, they aim for the gold in Roland Garros.
The reigning Roland Garros women’s singles champion, Belinda Bencic, was unable to make it to Paris. Consequently, the women’s singles competition will have a new gold medallist.
One of the favorites is American player Coco Gauff, who is now rated second in the world. Having been forced to pull out of Tokyo 2020, she will be looking for success on clay. Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka is back after losing in her home Games in 2021. She is even more committed than before to taking home an Olympic medal.
The Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon in 2024. She also won the gold medal in doubles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. After winning her second grand slam, Krejcikova is bursting with confidence. In the meantime, Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina placed fourth in the Tokyo women’s singles tournament. She wants to perform better in tournaments down the road.
There is far greater competition in the women’s draw. Maria Sakkari of Greece, Zheng Qinwen of the People’s Republic of China, and Jessica Pegula of the United States are among the top ten players in the field. In 2024, Italian Jasmine Paolini made it to the Grand Slam finals twice. She is taking part in her second Olympics as well. Thus, let’s also keep a watch on Jasmine Paolini.
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLISTS IN TENNIS FROM TOKYO
The three-year-old gold medallists from the last Olympics are these:
- Men’s singles: Germany’s Alexander Zverev
- Women’s singles: Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic
- Men’s doubles: Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, both from Croatia
- Women’s doubles: Czech Republic’s Barbara Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
- Mixed doubles: Andrey Rublev, ROC, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
ENTIRE SCHEDULE FOR TENNIS AT OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024
Tennis will be played at the storied Stade Roland Garros on July 27. The night before the play starts, the schedule will be made public.
The gold medal match for the men’s and women’s singles will take place on August 3 and 4, respectively, on the last day of tennis in Paris in 2024.
The other medal events on August 2 are the mixed doubles gold medal match, the men’s doubles bronze medal match, and the mixed doubles gold medal match. The gold medal match for men’s doubles and the bronze medal match for men’s singles will happen on August 3.
WAYS TO VIEW LIVE TENNIS IN PARIS OLYMPICS 2024
With media rights holders (MRHs), tennis and all other events from Paris 2024 can be viewed.
In Europe, MRHs include Discovery Eurosport. They also consist of BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, ARD/ZDF in Germany, and France Télévisions in France. Globally, MRHs include the People’s Republic of China’s CCTV, Globo in Brazil, CBC in Canada, and Nine in Australia. It also includes NBC in the US, Discovery Eurosport in South Africa, SuperSport in South Africa, SKY NZ in New Zealand, NBC in Japan, and NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan.
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