Nadal, Serena Williams centre stage for lighting of Olympic cauldron
pNadal, who has won 14 of his 22 Grand Slams titles in Paris at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a, received the Olympic flame from French football legend Zinedine Zidane before boarding a boat on the Seine, where he was joined by Williams, nine-time gold medallist Carl Lewis and five-time gold medallist Nadia Comaneci./p
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pThe quartet then handed off to French tennis great and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a tournament director Amelie Mauresmo, who carried the torch to the Louvre. French judoka Teddy Riner and former French track and field star Marie-Joseacute;e Peacute;rec had the honour of lighting the unique cauldron, which resmbled an ascending balloon in tribute to the first 'aerostatic' flight by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles in 1783./p
pNadal a former Olympic gold medallist in singles (2008) and doubles (2016 w/ a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marc-lopez/l480/overview'Marc Lopez/a) and former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, is in action on day one of the Olympic Tennis Event Saturday, partnering a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a in doubles./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/26/21/05/nadal-zidane-olympics-2024-opening-ceremony.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="Zinedine Zidane hands the Olympic Torch to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a during Friday evening's Opening Ceremony in Paris." /
emZinedine Zidane hands the Olympic Torch to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a during Friday evening's Opening Ceremony in Paris. Photo: Getty Images/em
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