Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE: Olympics score and tennis updates from historic gold medal match

Alcaraz gets his hold after the second deuce and pumps his fist as Djokovic floats a slice long. Alcaraz stepped up his forehand power.

Just what he needed from break point down.

Djokovic rips a scorching winner off Alcaraz’s forehand, sending it crosscourt for an euption from his fans.

Suddenly, it’s break point as Alcaraz puts two consecutive backhands into the net from 40-30. An early chance for Djokovic.

Alcaraz is close to the ace out wide, but it’s out. Djokovic finds a sharp return… Alcaraz goes for the drop shot, and it lands!

Djokovic will serve to get this final underway.

Remember the opening game of the Wimbledon final? It was an epic. This was not so much. Djokovic jumps out to 40-0 as Alcaraz makes a couple of errors.

Djokovic also looked to shorten points as much as possible in the Wimbledon final. He brings Alcaraz in, but the Spaniard is too quick and finds the angled volley.

Then Djokovic goes long. Back to 40-30. Big serve from Djokovic! He gets his hold to start the final.

Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi.

Only four players in tennis singles history have completed the career golden slam: winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and Olympic gold.

Novak Djokovic can become the fifth.

Serena Williams is actually in the front row today.

Here we go! Djokovic and Alcaraz are in the tunnel and will step out onto the court in the next few moments.

Alcaraz is jumping up and down like a coiled spring ready to go. He leads Djokovic up the stairs and out into the sunshine on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

A huge ovation greets both players as they are welcomed onto court. There are lots of Spanish fans here, flags everywhere.

But Djokovic has fans whereever he goes and there are plenty of Serbian flags in the stands as well. It’s electric!

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have only played two times on clay. One was their first ever meeting in Madrid when Alcaraz won a sensational title at the age of just 18. The other was a year later at the French Open semi-finals.

It didn’t to to play for Alcaraz, who was hit by cramps after the second set. Alcaraz later admitted it was because of the nerves of facing Djokovic at a grand slam. It proved a critical moment in his career.

A month later, he was beating Djokovic to win the Wimbledon title. A year later, he was winning both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same summer – beating Djokovic again on the grass.

Ahead of their return to Court Philippe-Chatrier, Djokovic faces a very different Alcaraz.

It’s a gorgeous day in Paris for this men’s singles final, and one of the best Olympic finals in years, between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

There will be a break as the doubles net is replaced with the singles net and Court Philippe-Chatrier is prepared. Djokovic and Alcaraz will take to the court at 1pm BST.

Novak Djokovic was brutally honest about his performance after he was beaten by Carlos Alcaraz in last month’s Wimbledon final:

“I was inferior on the court. That’s it. He was a better player. He played every single shot better than I did,” he said.

“I did all I can to prepare myself for this match and this tournament in general. If someone told me I would play Wimbledon finals three, four weeks ago, I would take it for sure.

“Of course, I do feel disappointed. It’s a bitter taste to lose the finals the way I did today. I can always be self-critical, which I am. I can always find the flaws, which I can already see.

“I don’t think that would change too much the course of the match, to be honest. From the very beginning, you could see he was at least half a step better than I am in every way.

“I also feel like, in a match-up today against the best player right now in the world for sure, other than Jannik [Sinner}, and both of them are the best this year by far, I’m not at that level.”

It’s bronze in the women’s doubles for Spain as Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina Bucsa defeat Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova 6-2 6-2.

A fine victory for the Spaniards, who were controlled and aggressive. The Czechs made too many errors to compete.

It kicks off the Spanish party on Court Philippe-Chatroer, which is already full of Spanish flags everywhere you look.

Carlos Alcaraz will look to continue it when he takes on Novak Djokovic in the men’s final, which is next.

Twenty-one days ago, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final with a brilliant display on Centre Court.

Alcaraz became just the third man aged 21 and under to win multiple Wimbledon titles, after Bjorn Borg and Borris Becker. The Spaniard is also just the sixth man in the Open era to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same summer, joining Borg, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.

It’s clear Alcaraz is on his way to becoming an all-time great. Now, he goes for further history in the Olympics final and Djokovic is his opponent once again.