Djokovic, Nadal on collision course at Olympics

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a are on a collision course for an early-round showdown at the Olympic Tennis Event following the release of the draw Thursday. /p
pThe rivals, who have played 59 times in their Lexus ATP head2Head series, could meet in the second round. Top-seeded Djokovic opens against Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a. while unseeded Nadal plays his first round against Hungarian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marton-fucsovics/f724/overview'Marton Fucsovics/a./p
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pDjokovic leads Nadal 30-29 in their series but the Spaniard won their lone Olympics meeting in 2008 in the Beijing semi-finals. Nadal went on to win the title. Nadal has won eight of their 10 meetings at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a, taking their most recent clash in the 2022 quarter-finals in a fourth-set tie-break./p

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pTwo-time Olympics singles gold medallist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a has withdrawn from the singles but will play doubles with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a./p
pSecond seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a plays his first match against Lebanon's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hady-habib/hf80/overview'Hady Habib/a, with the winner to meet either Dutchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tallon-griekspoor/gj37/overview'Tallon Griekspoor/a or Great Britain's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a, No. 44 in the PIF ATP Rankings, in the second round./p
pDefending champion and third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a will play Spain's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a in the opening round./p
pstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.itftennis.com/en/events/olympics-paris-2024/draws-and-results/" target="_blank"View the draw/a/strong/p

pThe doubles draw was also released Thursday, with Nadal and Alcaraz set to face sixth-seeded 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 Molteni./p
pPlay at the Olympic Tennis Event begins Saturday and concludes Sunday, 4 August./p
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