Paris 2024: Tennis Day 7 order of play and schedule - When do Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek play?
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Published 02/08/2024 at 00:07 GMT+1
Day seven of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be packed with action. Despite Andy Murray's exit from the men's doubles, the show must go on. Carlos Alcaraz will face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime, whilst Novak Djokovic will take Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in the men's semi-finals. Among the big names, the first round of tennis medal matches will kick off in the mixed doubles and women's singles.
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Day seven of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will see tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek in action at Roland-Garros.
Alcaraz will face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Serbia's Novak Djokovic will take on Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in the men's singles semi-finals.
Auger-Aliassime will also feature in the mixed-doubles bronze medal match.
Iga Swiatek heads into the women's singles bronze medal match against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
The day will close with the gold medal match in the mixed-doubles where Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova face China’s Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu.
When does Carlos Alcaraz play?
Following his victory over Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals, Alcaraz will be competing for medals in his first Olympic Games.
The win means that the Spaniard is the youngest player to reach an Olympic semi-final, surpassing Djokovic who took the record in Beijing in 2008.
Standing in his way of a place in the final will be Auger-Aliassime, who produced a shock win over Norway's Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals.
The Canadian, who is also competing in his first Games, defeated Ruud in straight sets to make it to the semi-finals which will be played on Court Philippe-Chatrier, beginning at 12:30pm BST.
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When does Novak Djokovic play?
After a hard-fought victory over Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas, Djokovic progressed to the men's semi-finals, where he will face Musetti.
The match will be played on Court Philippe-Chatrier and is set to begin at 18:00 BST.
However, there are concerns about Djokovic's ability to play the match after he appeared to injure his knee during the win over Tsitsipas.
"I am very worried, to be honest," Djokovic told reporters on Thursday. "I don't know what to say. The pain was very strong for two games after it happened. I don't know if I slipped or what happened."
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The Serb expressed concerns that the injury may be similar to when he tore his meniscus during the French Open, but insisted that he will do his best to make it to the court.
He added: "Even if he [doctor] says it's not okay, I'll probably get on the court and give it a try.
"These are very rare chances to fight for a medal for my country, so I'm going to do everything possible in the next 24 hours to put myself in a position to fight for a medal for Serbia."
When does Iga Swiatek play?
Despite being beaten by China's Zheng Qinwen in the women's singles on Thursday, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek will face Slovakia's Schmiedlova in the bronze medal match at 12:30pm BST.
The Polish athlete was the favourite to win gold in Paris, and appeared visually upset as she walked out of her post-match interview in tears.
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What other medal matches are happening?
In the mixed doubles, there will be two matches to sort out the medals. The gold medal match will be at 6pm where Machac and Siniakova face Zhang and Wang.
Machac and Siniakova advanced to the final after beating Canadians Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski. Whilst Zhang and Wang beat Netherlands’ Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof.
The match between Canadian pair Auger-Aliassime and Dabrowski and Schuurs and Koolhof is set to start at 11am on Friday.
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