Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will represent Spain as the tennis doubles pair at the Paris Olympics, which begins on July 26.
David Ferrer, a former world No. 3 and current member of the Spain national team selection committee, announced at a Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) press conference on Wednesday that the Spanish men's team will feature 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, three-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz, Pablo Carreno Busta and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The team will also include doubles specialist Marcel Granollers, whose pairing with Argentina's Horacio Zeballos is currently the world's No. 1 overall ranked player.
After the team was announced, Ferrer said he believed Nadal and Alcaraz “have the ability to win a medal in doubles.”
It will be Alcaraz's first Olympics following his Wimbledon title defence, which begins July 1, and his recent victory over Alexander Zverev in last Sunday's French Open final. Nadal is currently on the Wimbledon entry list using his injury protection ranking of No. 10, but said after withdrawing from the French Open that it would be “not advisable” for him to participate.
This will be Nadal's final Olympic Games, having already won singles gold at the 2008 Beijing Games and doubles gold with Marc Lopez in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. He has not announced when he will retire but has not ruled out a return to the French Open in 2025 after losing in the first round to Zverev this year.
Meanwhile, Paula Badosa will not be competing due to WTA rules. Badosa has elected to use her Protected Industry Ranking to compete in the next two Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, which begins in late August. The former world No. 2 was not allowed to use her ranking for those tournaments or the Olympics. On the women's side, Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina Buksa will represent Spain.

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