Olympics-Tennis-'Nadalcaraz' dream team take Roland Garros by storm

Paris 2024 Olympics - Tennis - Women's Singles First Round - Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Iga Swiatek of Poland in action during her first round match against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

PARIS (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal returned to his favourite stomping ground with young sidekick Carlos Alcaraz as Spain's new dream team took their first stride on the road to Olympic gold on Saturday.

The 38-year-old king of Roland Garros and the new 21-year-old prince of men's tennis, were roared on by a packed Court Philippe Chatrier crowd during a 7-6(4) 6-4 defeat of sixth-seeded Argentine pair Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.