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Carlos Alcaraz participated in the gold medal match in simple male at the 2024 Olympics of Paris After beating Félix Auger-Aliassime Friday 6-1, 6-1. It is the fourth consecutive victory for Alcaraz over his Canadian opponent.
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Alcaraz, player No. 3 in the world, has not yet abandoned a set in the tournament in Roland Garros, site of the French Open. He will face Novak Djokovic on Sunday with a Gold medal on the line.
If he wins, Alcaraz, 21, will become the youngest man to win a gold medal in a single tennis of the Olympic Games. The Spaniard is about a month old less than Vincent Richards of the United States who won gold at the 1924 Paris Games.
It is now 12 consecutive victories for Alcaraz, who has become the youngest man To reach the Olympic semi-finals in simple since Djokovic in 2008 after defeating American Tommy Paul on Thursday.
Alcaraz was his dominant self against Auger-Aliassime, winning 15 points of 21 out of 21 and 9 points in the second service. It was also 5 for 9 on the converted breaking points and won five return games.
Carlos Alcaraz of the Spain team celebrates the match point against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Team Canada on the 7th day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Roland Garros on August 2, 2024, in Paris. (Photo by Andrzej Iwanczuk / Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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Djokovic grateful to make the final of the first Olympic Games
Novak Djokovic, seeded, qualified for his first final of the Olympic Games after beating Lorenzo Musetti in heteros 6-4, 6-2 sets. He will face n ° 2 Alcaraz for the gold medal on Sunday.
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Djokovic and Alcaraz clashed six times, each player winning three times. More recently, Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in The Wimbledon final of this yearWinning in two sets for its second consecutive title to the All England Tennis Club.
The gold medal match will be a youngest against the older ones. At 21, Alcaraz is the youngest to play for Olympic gold in simple male. Djokovic is the oldest to reach the male final at 37 years old.
As the winner of three French open French championships in Roland-Garros, where the Paris tennis tournament is played, Djokovic is very aware of its history at Olympic game.
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“You know, I'm waiting for this for almost 20 years,” Djokovic told Britney Eurton in NBC in his post-match interview. “I played four Olympic Games; this is my fifth and I never exceeded the semi-finals. So I lost three of the four semi-finals in my first four Olympic games and I managed to overcome this big obstacle.”
“I must be honest and say that I thought of all the semi-finals I lost,” he added, stressing that making the final for the first time in his career is very significant for him.
No American male double finish
Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz's team fell into straight sets, 7-5, 6-2In the semi-final of Male Male on Friday at Matthew Ebden and John Peers in Australia.
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If Paul and Fritz advanced No. 3, they would have faced his American colleagues Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram (six times champions of the Grand Chelem) during the gold medal match on Saturday. Instead, they will meet Tomáš Macháč and Adam Pavlásek in bronze bronze later on Friday.
Paul and Fritz arrived on Friday semi-final after beating Andy Murray and Daniel Evans of Great Britain in the quarterfinals, ending the Murray tennis career.
Świątek takes bronze
IGA świątek, Poland, won the bronze medal in the female tournament in single after defeating Anna Karolína Schmedlová de Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 Friday.
Świątek, player No. 1 in the world who has been favored for gold, needs 59 minutes to win the match, which was his first victory after his sequence of 25 undefeated games at Roland Garros ended in the semi-finals after a defeat against Qinwen Zheng in China.
