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Nadal's singles participation apparently also in doubt: Rafael Nadal may not play singles at the Olympic Games due to physical problems.

According to the Spanish sports website Relevo, the atmosphere in Nadal’s circle “is not exactly optimistic” and plan B is gaining strength: concentrate on the doubles with Carlos Alcaraz and forget about the singles tournament

nelslus wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:30 pm Rybakina out of the Olympics- for undisclosed reasons.

She posted on her Instagram an hour ago that it's because of acute bronchitis which she developed at some point after Wimbledon

Oploskoffie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:57 pm Nadal's singles participation apparently also in doubt: Rafael Nadal may not play singles at the Olympic Games due to physical problems.

According to the Spanish sports website Relevo, the atmosphere in Nadal’s circle “is not exactly optimistic” and plan B is gaining strength: concentrate on the doubles with Carlos Alcaraz and forget about the singles tournament

Moya has apparently stated that Rafa got a thigh injury from- if I am understanding this correctly- a doubles work-out- and some heaviness in the legs. Did not practice today. UGGHHHHHH.

skatingfan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:47 am

https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/ke ... /overview/

Dagnabit something got in my eye...

Olympic Tennis Event, Paris, France The Olympics
Date: 7/27/2024 Original Cut Off: 81 Ranking Date: 6/10/2024
Draw Size: 64 Direct Acceptances: 58 ITF Place: 5 Universality Place: 1


Women's Draw

POL Iga Swiatek [1] vs ROU Irina-CameliaBegu
Nadia Podoroska vs FRA Diane Parry
CZE Linda Noskova vs CHN Xiyu Wang
ITA Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs AIN Diana Shnaider [15]

LAT Jelena Ostapenko [10] vs COL Camila Osorio (IP)
BRA Laura Pigossi (IP) vs UKR Dayana Yastremska
EGY Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz (ip) vs DEN Caroline Wozniacki (IP)
GER Laura Siegemund vs USA Danielle Collins [8]

FRA Caroline Garcia [17] vs ROU Jaqueline Adina Cristian
JPN Naomi Osaka vs GER Angelique Kerber
CRO Petra Martic vs ESP Cristina Bucsa
CZE Karolina Muchova vs CAN Leylah Fernandez [16]

USA Emma Navarro [11] vs AUT Julia Grabher
POL Magdalena Frech vs BUL Viktoriya Tomova
UKR Anhelina Kalinina vs NED Arantxa Rus
AUS Daria Saville vs CHN Qinwen Zheng (ip) [6]


USA Jessica Pegula [5] vs SUI Viktorija Golubic
JPN Moyuka Uchijima vs UKR Elina Svitolina
CHN Xinyu Wang vs GER Tamara Korpatsch
ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo vs CZE Barbora Krejcikova [9]

BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia [14] vs FRA Varvara Gracheva
SVK Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (ip) vs GBR Katie Boulter
POL Magda Linette vs AIN Mirra Andreeva
ROU Ana Bogdan vs ITA JasminePaolini [4]

GRE Maria Sakkari [7] vs MNE Danka Kovinic (ip)
AIN Ekaterina Alexandrova vs CHN Yue Yuan
FRA Clara Burel vs CZE Katerina Siniakova
KAZ Yulia Putintseva vs UKR Marta Kostyuk [12]

CRO Donna Vekic [13] vs ITA Lucia Bronzetti
CAN Bianca Andreescu vs DEN Clara Tauson
ARG Maria Lourdes Carle (ip) vs GER Tatjana Maria
AUS Ajla Tomljanovic vs USA Coco Gauff [2]

Olympic Tennis Event, Paris, France The Olympics
Date: 7/27/2024 Original Cut Off: 84 Ranking Date: 6/10/2024
Draw Size: 64 Direct Acceptances: 57 ITF Place: 6 Universality Place: 1


Novak Djokovic [1] vs AUS Matthew Ebden
HUN Marton Fucsovics vs ESP Rafael Nadal
CAN Milos Raonic vs GER Dominik Koepfer
ITA Matteo Arnaldi vs FRA Arthur Fils [14]

ARG Sebastian Baez [12] vs BRA Thiago Monteiro (IP)
USA Christopher Eubanks vs LBN Benjamin Hassan (IP)
TUN Moez Echargui (IP) vs GBR Daniel Evans
BEL Zizou Bergs vs GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas [8]

GER Alexander Zverev [3] vs ESP Jaume Munar
CZE Tomas Machac vs CHN Zhizhen Zhang (IP)
SUI Stan Wawrinka (IP) vs AIN Pavel Kotov
AUS Alexei Popyrin vs CHI Nicolas Jarry [16]

ITA Lorenzo Musetti [11] vs FRA Gael Monfils
ARG Mariano Navone vs POR Nuno Borges
GBR Jack Draper vs JPN Kei Nishikori
KAZ Alexander Bublik vs USA Taylor Fritz [7]


NOR Casper Ruud [6] vs JPN Taro Daniel (IP)
ESP Pedro Martinez vs ITA Andrea Vavassori
ARG Francisco Cerundolo vs CHI Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
HUN Fabian Marozsan vs FRA Ugo Humbert [10]

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [13] vs USA Marcos Giron
SRB Dusan Lajovic vs GER Maximilian Marterer
NED Robin Haase vs AUT Sebastian Ofner
AUS Rinky Hijikata vs AIN Daniil Medvedev [4]

AUS Alex de Minaur [5] vs GER Jan-Lennard Struff
FRA Corentin Moutet vs IND Sumit Nagal
CZE Jakub Mensik vs KAZ Alexander Shevchenko
ITA Luciano Darderi vs USA Tommy Paul [9]

CHI Alejandro Tabilo [15] vs AIN Roman Safiullin
ARG Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs BRA Thiago Seyboth Wild
NED Tallon Griekspoor vs GBR Cameron Norrie
LBN Hady Habib vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]

Rafa really has to drop it. His body simply can't take it anymore.
Just like Murray's.
Oh, was a that a COPY PASTE from a post from me like, 9 months ago?

Day 1 Order of Play

Sat, 27 July, 2024 (Day 1)

Court Philippe Chatrier
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

I. Swiatek (1) Vs I. Begu
Followed By
N. Djokovic (1) Vs M. Ebden
Followed By
M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni (6) Vs C. Alcaraz/R. Nadal
Followed By
N. Osaka Vs A. Kerber

Court Suzanne Lenglen
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

A. Bogdan Vs J. Paolini (4)
Followed By
H. Habib Vs (2) C. Alcaraz
Followed By
C. Garcia Vs J. Cristian
Followed By
R. Hijikata Vs (4) D. Medvedev

Court Simonne Mathieu
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

J. Ostapenko (10) Vs C. Osorio
Followed By
B. Haddad Maia (14) Vs V. Gracheva
Followed By
Z. Bergs Vs (8) S. Tsitsipas
Followed By
S. Wawrinka Vs P. Kotov

Court 6
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

J. Draper Vs K. Nishikori
Followed By
T. Griekspoor Vs C. Norrie
Followed By
M. Echargui Vs D. Evans
Followed By
S. Gille/J. Vliegen Vs (8) A. Fils/U. Humbert

Court 7
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

L. Darderi Vs (9) T. Paul
Followed By
L. Siegemund Vs D. Collins (8)
Followed By
Y. Putintseva Vs M. Kostyuk (12)
Followed By
C. Eubanks Vs Player Photo B. Hassan

Court 8
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

E. Navarro (11) Vs J. Grabher
Followed By
L. Pigossi Vs D. Yastremska
Followed By
T. Machac Vs Z. Zhang
Followed By
L. Darderi/L. Musetti Vs N. Jarry/A. Tabilo

Court 9
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

K. Muchova Vs L. Fernandez (16)
Followed By
B. Andreescu Vs C. Tauson
Followed By
R. Haase Vs S. Ofner
Followed By
G. Dabrowski/L. Fernandez (5) Vs C. Burel/V. Gracheva

Court 10
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

D. Saville Vs Q. Zheng (6)
Followed By
M. Navone Vs N. Borges
Followed By
L. Kichenok/N. Kichenok Vs X. Wang/S. Zheng

Court 11
Starts at 12:00 PM
R32

D. Koepfer/J. Struff Vs (7) N. Mektic/M. Pavic
Followed By
S. Bolelli/A. Vavassori (1) Vs P. Carreno Busta/M. Granollers
Followed By
A. Schmiedlova Vs K. Boulter
Followed By
S. Errani/J. Paolini (3) Vs E. Routliffe/L. Sun

Court 12
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

A. Kalinina Vs A. Rus
Followed By
N. Balaji/R. Bopanna Vs F. Reboul/E. Roger-Vasselin
Followed By
E. Alexandrova/E. Vesnina Vs K. Muchova/L. Noskova
Followed By
Y. Yuan/S. Zhang Vs (6) B. Haddad Maia/L. Stefani

Court 13
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

P. Martic Vs C. Bucsa
Followed By
E. Cocciaretto Vs D. Shnaider (15)
Followed By
H. Chan/L. Chan Vs (2) B. Krejcikova/K. Siniakova
Followed By
M. Carle/N. Podoroska Vs T. Korpatsch/T. Maria

Court 14
Starts at 12:00 PM
R64

N. Podoroska Vs D. Parry
Followed By
F. Auger-Aliassime (13) Vs M. Giron
Followed By
A. Bublik Vs (7) T. Fritz
Followed By
C. Gauff/J. Pegula (1) Vs E. Perez/D. Saville

Jim Waterson
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Oh the poor Olympics camera operators and directors. Beautiful single shots that took months of planning completely screwed by the rain because they don’t have a second camera for the director to cut away to and give time for a lens wipe.