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Carlos Alcaraz has entered the men’s singles gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics after defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime on Friday 6-1, 6-1. It’s the fourth straight win for Alcaraz over his Canadian opponent.
Alcaraz, the No. 1 player. 3 in the world, he has not been dropped from the group stage at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open. He will face Novak Djokovic on Sunday with the gold medal on the line.
If he wins, Alcaraz, 21, will become the youngest man to win an Olympic tennis gold medal. The Spaniard is younger than Vincent Richards of the US who won gold during the 1924 Paris Games.
It is now 12 consecutive victories for Alcaraz, who became the youngest man to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic singles since Djokovic in 2008 after defeating American Tommy Paul on Thursday.
Alcaraz was dominant against Auger-Aliassime, winning 15 of the first 21 points and 9 of 11 rebounds. He was also 5-for-9 on break points and missed and won five comeback games.
Djokovic is grateful to make his first Olympic final
Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to his first Olympic final after defeating Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. He will face No. 2 Alcaraz for the gold medal on Sunday.
Djokovic and Alcaraz have met six times, each player winning three times. Alcaraz recently defeated Djokovic in this year’s Wimbledon final, winning in straight sets for his second straight title at the All England Tennis Club.
The gold medal game will be a game of juniors versus seniors. At 21 years old, Alcaraz is the youngest to win Olympic gold in men’s singles. Djokovic is the oldest to reach the men’s final at 37 years old.
As a three-time winner of the French Open at Roland-Garros, where the Paris tennis tournament is played, Djokovic knows his Olympic history well.
“You know, I’ve been waiting for this for almost 20 years,” Djokovic told NBC’s Britney Eurton in his post-match interview. “I’ve played in four Olympic Games; this is my fifth and I’ve never been past the semifinals. So I lost three out of four semifinals in my Games.” four first Olympics and I was able to overcome this big problem.”
“I have to be honest and say that I was thinking about all the semifinals that I lost,” he added, stressing that making the final for the first time in his career is very important to him. .
No All-American finals in men’s doubles
The duo of Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz fell in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, in Friday’s doubles match to Australia’s Matthew Ebden and John Peers.
If Paul and Fritz are the No. 3 advanced, they would have faced fellow Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram (six-time Grand Slam champions) in Saturday’s gold medal match. Instead, they will meet Tomáš Macháč of Czechia and Adam Pavlásek for bronze later Friday.
Paul and Fritz reached Friday’s semifinals after beating Andy Murray and Great Britain’s Daniel Evans in the quarterfinals, ending Murray’s tennis career.
Świątek takes the bronze
Poland’s Iga Świątek won the bronze medal in the women’s singles after beating Slovakia’s Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6-2, 6-1 on Friday.
Świątek, the No. 1 player 1 in the world who was favored for gold, he needed 59 minutes to win the match, which was his first victory after his 25-match unbeaten streak at Roland Garros came to an end in the following semifinals. loss to China’s Qinwen Zheng.
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