Serbian Novak Djokovic and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz made fast starts Saturday at the Men's singles tennis event of Paris 2024 Olympics. Djokovic raced to a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Australian Matthew Ebden, needing just 53 minutes to reach the second round. The 37-year-old, who is the top seed in Paris, won 63 per cent of his return points and struck 24 winners in front of a packed crowd on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Second seed Alcaraz defeated Lebanons Hady Habib 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. Making his Olympics debut this fortnight, the 21-year-old looks to add to his standout young career, having won 15 tour-level trophies, by becoming the second player to win the Roland Garros mens singles title and the Olympic mens singles gold medal in the same year (Rafael Nadal, 2008). The World No. 3 also won in Indian Wells and at Wimbledon this year. In the women's singles tennis event, world number one Iga Swiatek has reached the second round at 2024 Paris Olympics. Poland's Swiatek took down Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets at Court Philippe-Chatrier (Roland Garros). She won the contest 6-2, 7-5. Meanwhile, 2024 French Open and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini of Italy has reached the next round as well after beating Romanian Ana Bogdan7-5, 6-3. Source: Qatar News Agency
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