The draw for the Paris Olympic tennis event (July 27 to August 4, 2024) has been made on Thursday.
World no.2 Novak Djokovic is looking for his first ever gold medal in what might be his fifth look on the Video games after 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
The 37-year-old Serbian star was a bronze medalist on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In London 2012, he fell within the bronze medal match to Juan Martin del Potro, who additionally beat him within the first spherical of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Novak in a bronze medal match on the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympics.
Djokovic is a prime seed (Sinner withdrew) and can open his marketing campaign towards Matthew Ebden (AUS) on Saturday about 14.00 CET. It will likely be their first profession assembly.
Novak’s doable rivals within the later levels of the event are:
2nd spherical: Rafael Nadal (ESP), Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
third spherical: Arthur Fils (FRA, 14)
Quarter-finals: Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 8), Sebastian Baez (ARG, 12)
Semi-finals: Alexander Zverev (GER, 3), Taylor Fritz (USA, 7), Lorenzo Musetti (ITA, 11)
Finals: Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 2), Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 4), Casper Ruud (NOR, 6)