On the morning of July 25 (local time), the draw for tennis events at the 2024 Paris Olympics took place.
Accordingly, number 1 seed Novak Djokovic can meet Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament .
Djokovic will face Australian player Matthew Ebden, while Nadal will face Hungarian player Marton Fucsovics in the first round.
The winners of these two matches will meet in the second round. Nadal previously won gold in men's singles in Beijing in 2008 and in men's doubles with Marc Lopez in Rio in 2016.
In their most recent encounter, Nadal defeated Djokovic in the quarterfinals, on the way to his 14th French Open championship in 2022. The Spanish player has a brilliant career at Roland Garros, but Djokovic will be the favorites if they meet again this summer.
Meanwhile, French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz will play Lebanese player Hady Habib in the first round.
As for the women's event, world No. 1 ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland will face Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in the first round of the women's singles, while No. 2 seed American Coco Gauff will face leading with Australian tennis player Ajla Tomljanovic.
Neither Djokovic nor Swiatek have won an Olympic gold medal, despite having extremely stellar careers. Djokovic owns 24 Grand Slam titles, more than anyone in tennis except Margaret Court. But his only Olympic medal was a bronze medal in Beijing in 2008.
Swiatek has won the French Open four times in the past five years, but has never won a medal at the biggest sports festival on the planet.
