We are in the anteroom of Tokyo 2020. The Olympic Games, which are going to take place in the capital of Japan, will have their Opening ceremony on July 23, while they will culminate on August 8.
Tennis will be back at the Olympics for the 17th time in history. This discipline was present since the first edition, in Athens 1896 and was, uninterruptedly, until Paris 1924; later, he was not in the Olympics between that year and Seoul 1988, where he returned to stay.
The men’s doubles podium at Seoul 1988, where tennis returned after 64 years to the Olympics. (Photo: Getty).
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How is Olympic tennis played?
5 different tournaments are held: two men (one singles and one doubles), two women (one singles and one doubles) and one mixed, doubless, where the best tennis players on the planet are present.
+ Summary of the men’s final in Rio 2016 between Murray and Del Potro
All the matches of the different tournaments of the competition are played to the best of three sets, except the men’s individual final, which is played to the best of 5 sets just like Grand Slam matches.
In Rio 2016 those who won the gold medal were Andy Murray, in men’s singles; Mónica Puig, in individual female; Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock, in mixed doubles; Marc López and Rafael Nadal, in men’s doubles and, Yekaterina Makárova with Yelena Vesniná in women’s doubles: Who will get the gold medals in Tokyo? It will be seen.
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