Carlos Alcaraz Wants to Play Olympics Doubles With Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros

• Carlos Alcaraz announced that he wants to play doubles with Rafael Nadal at the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Nadal withdrew from this year’s French Open due to a hip injury he suffered in the Australian Open
• Nadal captured the gold medal in singles in Beijing in 2008 and won doubles gold in Rio in 2016

Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz said it would be a dream to play doubles with fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in what will likely be the King of Clay’s last time playing at Roland Garros in France.

The top-ranked Spaniard made the comments on Friday, just days before the start of play for the French Open main draw.

Nadal, who has won the French Open a record 14 times, announced last week that he will not play at Roland Garros for the first time since 2004.

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The 36-year-old cited a hip injury he picked up at the Australian Open early this year as the reason for his absence.

Nadal added that he will likely retire after the 2024 season. The 22-time Grand Slam champion hopes to play next year at Roland Garros both for the French Open and the Summer Olympics, per NBC Sports.

Alcaraz wants dream pairing

Alcaraz talked to reporters about his wish, saying:

“It could be a dream playing doubles with him in the Olympics. So of course let’s see. Let’s see how he’s doing and how he’s going in this year. Hopefully, he’s going great. But yeah, for me, it could be a dream to play doubles with him.”

Nadal's accomplishments at the Olympics

Nadal started his Olympic career in 2004 at the age of 18. He played doubles in Athens with 1998 French Open champ Carlos Moya.

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Nadal then played doubles with Tommy Robredo in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He last participated in the Olympics at the 2016 Summer Games, with Nadal winning the gold medal alongside doubles partner Marc López.

Alcaraz, who won the US Open last year, has yet to play at the Olympics, per Yahoo! Sports.

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