Novak reached the 1/8 finals of the Games in Paris.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Olympic Games 2024 tournament in Paris.
The 1/8 final match between the legends of world tennis lasted 1 hour 44 minutes and ended with a score of 6:1, 6:4.
This was the 60th meeting of the rivals. Novak won his 31st head-to-head match, Nadal had 29 victories.
In the 1/8 finals of the Olympics, the Serbian will play either against the German Dominik Koepfer or the Italian Matteo Arnaldi.
After elimination from the singles tournament, Nadal will continue to compete at the Olympics in Paris in doubles, where he and Carlos Alcaraz reached the second round.
It was previously reported that Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina withdrew from the 2024 Olympics.