Paris Olympics 2024: Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul preview, head-to-head, prediction, live streaming details

Carlos Alcaraz will face Tommy Paul for the first time on clay at Paris Olympics 2024.

Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz will lock horns with the ninth seeded Tommy Paul in the quarterfinals of Paris Olympics 2024. The winner of the match will either face Norwegian Casper Ruud or Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime in the semi-finals of the quadrennial event. 

Alcaraz, who is competing in his first Olympics, started his campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 win against Hady Habib of Lebanon in the first round. He then went onto defeat Tallon Griekspoor in the second round in 6-1, 7-6 (7-3). 

The 21-years old defeated Roman Saffiullin in the third round 6-4, 6-2 sets to enter the last eight at Paris Olympics 2024. 

On the other hand, the World no #13 in the ATP Men’s Tennis ranking, Tommy Paul started his campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Italy’s Luciano Darderi. His second round match was against Jakub Mensik of Czech Republic whom he defeated with a scoreline of 6-3, 6-1. 

In the third round, Tommy again proved to be dominant against he clinched a win in 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 against crowd favourite and Frenchmen Corentin Moutet 

Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul match details 

Date: August 1

Time: 5:00 PM IST (Tentative)

Venue: Roland Garros Stadium

Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul preview

Carlos Alcaraz has been at the peak of his career in the last couple of years. The young tennis sensation started the year with a title win at the Indian Well Open. He also reached the quarterfinals of Miami Open and Madrid Open. 

Alcaraz is fresh off winning his second Wimbledon title after defeating Novak Djokovic in straight sets at the final. With Wimbledon and French Open wins this year, Alcaraz has the odds stacked in his favour at Paris Olympics 2024.

He is currently on a 10-match winning streak and has a 84 percent win-loss record this season. Alcaraz and Paul will surely entertain the crowd with their physically enduring rallies at Roland Garros.

Also read: Paris Olympics 2024: Carlos Alcaraz’s Projected Path to Gold Medal

Tommy started the year slow but picked up his form gradually. He took the title at Dalls and at Queen’s club. Apart from those wins, he also reached the quarter finals at Wimbledon 2024, which remains his best performance at the grass court grand slam. 

On clay this year, the 27-year-old has not won more than four matches in a row. At Paris Olympics 2024, Paul has won three in a row and he has slim chances of making it four again.

With 31 wins and 11 losses to this season, Paul currently has a 74% win record. The American will hope come to the net often and cut short the rallies. The groundstroke game of Alcaraz simply cannot be matched.

Interestingly, both the players are also competing in the men’s doubles division as well, which is a huge factor when it comes to keeping themselves fit every single day of the tournament.

Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul head-to-head

Matches: 5

Carlos Alcaraz: 3

Tommy Paul: 2

Both the players faced each other in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2024, where Alcaraz defeated Paul in four sets 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. 

Where and how to watch live streaming and TV broadcast of Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul, Paris Olympics 2024, men’s singles quarter-final round match in India?

In India, you can watch Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul, tennis men’s singles quarterfinal of Paris Olympics 2024 on the Sports 18 network on TV. The match will also be telecasted on its streaming service JioCinema application and website, and it can be watched for free by all users.

Prediction 

Carlos Alcaraz is leading the chart in this edition of Olympics to clinch the top spot on the podium. He is surely going to be challenged by Novak Djokovic as the event progresses. Other than that there is not much of a threat for the Spaniard.

Tommy Paul, whose game is more suited for the hard court, surprised the spectators with his performances at the 2024 French Open with some clinical performances. The American tennis star already had a good start to the tournament with three back to back straight set wins. But his tactis on clay that too against Alcaraz will not do the trick.

If Paul keeps on motivating himself in the course of the match, he can turn out to be a threat for the four time Grand Slam winner. 

Prediction: Carlos Alcaraz to win in four sets. 

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