Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, the top two seeds at the Paris Olympics in men's tennis, coasted to easy first-round wins at Roland Garros.
Take a look at the interesting facts and figures about tennis's past and present tennis greats at the Olympics. opened his bid for a first Olympic gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 victory at Roland Garros that could set up a second-round matchup with longtime rivalTop seed Novak Djokovic, the 24-time Grand Slam champion from Serbia, easily beat Australia's Matthew Ebden in the first round of the Olympic men's tennis tournament.
Djokovic has endured some Olympic disappointments, twice losing in the semifinals, with his only medal being a singles bronze in Beijing in 2008.Nadal, the Spaniard who won a record 14 of his 22 Grand Slam titles at the French Open and owns two Summer Games golds, is scheduled to play his opening singles match Sunday. He was aduring the rain-soaked opening ceremony along the Seine on Friday night and was slated to compete alongside Alcaraz in doubles Saturday night.
Day 1 of tennis began with showers that might have contributed to slow lines for umbrella-toting spectators at the facility's security checks near entrances and postponed by at least 4½ hours the start of matches at the 10 courts without retractable roofs.
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