‘Nadalcaraz’ lighting up Paris 2024 Olympics with the past and present greats of tennis combining to go for gold in men’s doubles
As the Olympic Games creates some incredible partnerships competing in different sports for their nations colours, we’re looking at the remarkable combination in tennis between Spanish icon Rafael Nadal and four time major winner Carlos Alcaraz and what they could go on to achieve together.
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00:00Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz's highly-anticipated Olympic pairing started with a first-round
00:07win over Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez in the men's doubles.
00:13The Spanish duo beat the Argentine sixth seed 7-6, 7-4, 6-4 in front of a packed-court Philippe
00:20Chatrier in Paris.
00:23Nadal was Alcaraz's childhood hero and the two have paired up in what's expected to be
00:28Nadal's final season on tour.
00:31When asked whether he would retire after the Games, Nadal said,
00:34No, I never said that.
00:36It has been an unforgettable day, following an unforgettable day at the opening ceremony.
00:41Nadal is more experienced in doubles, winning Olympic gold in Rio in 2016, and it showed,
00:47with Alcaraz taking longer to adjust to the movement needed.
00:50However, Nadal-Caraz, as the superstar pair are being called, came back from a breakdown
00:56in both sets to reach the second round.