Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolás Jarry and Tomás Barrios will look for their options to go as far as possible in the fight for the medals. In addition, the draw showed a possible crossover between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the second round.
The Paris 2024 men’s Olympic tennis tournament is starting to take shape for the Chileans. Alejandro Tabilo (21st in the ATP ranking), Nicolás Jarry (24th) and Tomás Barrios (163rd) already knew who their rivals would be in the first round of the competition. .
Jano will make his debut with Russian Roman Safiullin (67th) and if he wins, he will face the winner of the duel between the South American Tomás Martín Etcheverry (35th) and the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (72nd). If they continue in front, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) appears as a probable rival.
Nicolás Jarry, who will also be one of the flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Games, will play his first match against the Australian Alexei Popyrin (46th). If he continues in the race, he will face the winner of the match between the Swiss Stan Wawarinka (109th) and the Russian Pavel Kotov (62nd).
If the projection continues, in the third round there is the possibility of facing Alexander Zverev (4th), who ended the national dream of winning the Masters 1000 in Rome and who, in addition, is the current Olympic champion.
In the case of Tomás Barrios, this one will make his debut against the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (37th) If he advances, Chilanejo will have to face the Hungarian Fabian Maozsan (49th) or the local representative Ugo Humbert (15th).
On the other hand, in the doubles draw, Jarry and Tabilo will face the Italian duo of Luciano Darderi and Lorenzo Musetti in the first round.
Regarding the result of the draw, Nicolás Jarry said that “it helps a little to be seeded, which was achieved at the last minute, and In doubles, we have a difficult match with people who are specialized on clay, but who do not play doubles very often. “.
“So I hope that with Alejandro we will have a little advantage there. They are players who play very well, but in these circumstances, nobody knows what can happen. The Olympics and the energy it produces changes your game and your mind a lot. Hopefully the results are good. “, he added.
Regarding his participation as flag bearer at the inauguration ceremony, he said that “noor I know how it’s going to go. It’s probably going to be really cool to be on a boat with all the other athletes and see, I don’t know, fireworks, all the people around. “.
An expected crash
Another important crossover that can occur in the second round of tennis is the possible clash between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the second round of the competition. For this to happen, the Serb will have to defeat Australian Matthew Ebden (unranked in singles).
In turn, the Spaniard (161st) will have to beat the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (83rd) to face the Balkan again on the Roland-Garros court.
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