(Paris) Playing doubles with Rafael Nadal at the Paris Olympics in 2024, on the clay courts of Roland-Garros, “would be a dream” for Carlos Alcaraz, said the winning new face of Spanish tennis on Friday, two days before start of the Parisian Grand Slam.

“It would of course be a dream to be able to play doubles with “Rafa” at the Olympics next year,” imagined Alcaraz, world No.1 and main favorite at Roland-Garros with Novak Djokovic.

“It’s in a year, both for him and for me, a lot can happen, but I hope we will both be at the Olympics,” he added.

Nadal, soon to be 37, is absent from Roland-Garros, the favorite tournament where he has triumphed fourteen times, the last in 2022, for the first time since 2004.

The Majorcan with 22 Grand Slam titles, who has been struggling with a stubborn injury since the Australian Open, announced last week that he would not play again in the coming months, in the hope of enjoying one last season on the circuit. in 2024.

For Alcaraz, which has just celebrated its 20th birthday, Paris would be its first Olympic experience.

Nadal was crowned Olympic champion in singles in 2008 and in men’s doubles in 2016, associated with Marc Lopez.