Djokovic, Alcaraz dominate in Olympic openers

pSerbian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a and Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a made fast starts Saturday at the Paris 2024 Olympics./p

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Djokovic raced to a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a, needing just 53 minutes to reach the second round. The 37-year-old, who is the top seed in Paris, won 63 per cent of his return points and struck 24 winners in front of a packed crowd on Court Philippe-Chatrier./p

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A 24-time major champion who has spent 428 weeks as World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Djokovic could next play longtime rival a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a in a blockbuster second-round clash. Nadal faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marton-fucsovics/f724/overview'Marton Fucsovics/a in the first round. The 98-time tour-level titlist Djokovic leads Nadal a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/atp-head-2-head/novak-djokovic-vs-rafael-nadal/d643/n409"30-29 in their Lexus ATP Head2Headseries/a. Djokovic is 5-0 against Fucsovics./p

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The Belgrade native is making his fifth Olympics appearance, with his best result being a bronze medal in Beijing in 2008./p

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Second seed Alcaraz defeated Lebanonrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hady-habib/hf80/overview'Hady Habib/a 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. Making his Olympics debut this fortnight, the 21-year-old looks to add to his standout young career, having won 15 tour-level trophies, by becoming the second player to win the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a menrsquo;s singles title and the Olympic menrsquo;s singles gold medal in the same year (a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a, 2008). The World No. 3 also won in Indian Wells and at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a this year./p

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Up next for Alcaraz is a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tallon-griekspoor/gj37/overview'Tallon Griekspoor/a. The Murcia native made it two wins on the day when he returned to court Saturday evening to partners Nadal for a 7-6(4), 6-4 doubles win against Argentines a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molenti./p

pSeventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a also opened his Paris campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a. The American awaits a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a in the second round./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a advanced Saturday evening with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Australia's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a. The fourth seed in Paris, Medvedev advanced to the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021./p

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