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FILE - Spectators watch a training session Saturday May 24, 2008, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on the eve of the French Open tennis tournament. If, indeed, this is Rafael Nadal's last hurrah, and if, indeed, he does make it to the Summer Games a little more than a year after hip surgery — neither of which is an absolute certainty — it would be fitting that the site of the French Open is also the site of this goodbye.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - Spectators watch a training session Saturday May 24, 2008, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on the eve of the French Open tennis tournament. If, indeed, this is Rafael Nadal's last hurrah, and if, indeed, he does make it to the Summer Games a little more than a year after hip surgery — neither of which is an absolute certainty — it would be fitting that the site of the French Open is also the site of this goodbye.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - The crowd watch Austria's Dominic Thiem serving to Spain's Rafael Nadal during the men's final match of the French Open tennis tournament Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2018. The same courts used for the French Open each year — usually from late May to early June — will host tennis at these Olympics, so it's a surface and site familiar to the athletes, but they'll be making the unusual transition from the grass at Wimbledon to the clay at Roland Garros.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

FILE - The crowd watch Austria's Dominic Thiem serving to Spain's Rafael Nadal during the men's final match of the French Open tennis tournament Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2018. The same courts used for the French Open each year — usually from late May to early June — will host tennis at these Olympics, so it's a surface and site familiar to the athletes, but they'll be making the unusual transition from the grass at Wimbledon to the clay at Roland Garros.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

FILE - Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates as she won the women's final of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Jasmine Paolini at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, June 8, 2024. The same courts used for the French Open each year — usually from late May to early June — will host tennis at these Olympics. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

FILE - Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates as she won the women's final of the French Open tennis tournament against Italy's Jasmine Paolini at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, June 8, 2024. The same courts used for the French Open each year — usually from late May to early June — will host tennis at these Olympics. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

FILE - Andy Murray of Great Britain poses with his gold and silver medals in tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Andy Murray of Great Britain poses with his gold and silver medals in tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Coco Gauff of the U.S. plays a shot against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

FILE - Coco Gauff of the U.S. plays a shot against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

FILE - Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns to Mona Barthel, of Germany, during the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Swiatek bowed out in the second round at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns to Mona Barthel, of Germany, during the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Swiatek bowed out in the second round at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - Rafael Nadal of Spain bites his gold medal for the photographers after beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during their Gold medal singles tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Rafael Nadal of Spain bites his gold medal for the photographers after beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during their Gold medal singles tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a point against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during their Gold medal singles tennis match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a point against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during their Gold medal singles tennis match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal kisses the trophy after defeating Argentina's Mariano Puerta in their final of the French Open tennis tournament, at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 5, 2005, in Paris. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport. It would be appropriate for Spain's Nadal to finish his career at the Summer Games because the tennis will be held at Roland Garros starting July 27. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal kisses the trophy after defeating Argentina's Mariano Puerta in their final of the French Open tennis tournament, at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 5, 2005, in Paris. The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport. It would be appropriate for Spain's Nadal to finish his career at the Summer Games because the tennis will be held at Roland Garros starting July 27. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)