“You don’t need to ask me anything, if there’s nothing strange, we’ll play together.”

Carlos Alcaraz admitted in an interview with MARCA before his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open: What He didn’t dare tell Rafa Nadal about playing doubles together at the Paris Olympics.. “I met him today, at the last tournaments, and the truth is that I didn’t dare tell him. I don’t know, it would excite me a lot, it would be a dream, and that’s why he’s forcing himself on me,” he commented.

Rafa Nadal responded to Alcaraz when asked about this during his time at the official Tik Tok Mutua Madrid Open. “You don’t need to ask me anything, if there’s nothing strange, we’ll play. For me it’s a big illusion, and if I’m not mistaken, I was told that it’s the same for him too.”

Balearic tennis player who adds two Olympic gold medals to his record (individually in Beijing 2008 and doubles in Rio 2016 with Mark Lopez).

also previously opened the door to playing doubles together: “It would be great to have the opportunity to play a tournament before the Games, to prepare, to understand the possibility of making a good pair and to strive for great things. It would be good for both of them and for the Spanish team. Let’s see how events develop. I hope I can handle the challenge of being a good partner for him, he will surely be a good partner for me. “Let’s see where we can go.”

He Spanish tennis has 13 Olympic medals.

. Since he returned to the Games program (Seoul 88), he only reached the podium at the London 2012 competition. At the last competition in Tokyo, Pablo Carreno won bronze.