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PARIS — Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are getting the hang of this doubles thing at the Paris Olympics. The Spanish duo improved to 2-0 as a team and moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 10-2 match tiebreaker victory over Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands on Tuesday night. The match came a day after Nadal's singles loss to rival Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz's win against Griekspoor. The attention was fully on the 38-year-old Nadal, owner of 22 Grand Slam titles, and the 21-year-old Alcaraz, whose total already is at four. Nadal and Alcaraz face the American team of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram next.
