A sneak peek into the possible thrillers of men's Olympic Games tennis quarterfinals

With the draw now complete for the men's Olympic Games tennis tournament in Paris, the attention will turn to where the seeded players are likely to end up with the Projected Quarter-Finals set.

Always an intriguing look whether these ties actually happen as they are done based off seeding and the Olympic Games perhaps more than any other tournament produces a lot of shocks and surprises. Under the cauldron of pressure like no other, the Olympic Games is a beast that for some is hard to conquer. Take Novak Djokovic who likely has his last chance to do so.

He could face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Quarter-Finals in what is a pretty favourable draw. Albeit he has to get past potentially Rafael Nadal in a standout second round draw, so if Nadal can win roles would be reversed and his draw could be Tsitsipas.

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A favourable draw as Tsitsipas has not been performing that well as of late. He was superb at Monte-Carlo and Barcelona but flattered to deceive recently including a loss to Matteo Berrettini in Gstaad where he called him a 'peasant' supposedly.

Also in what could be good news in Djokovic's gold medal hunt is his likely semi-final. Taylor Fritz could await who he has a 9-0 record against. Or it could be Alexander Zverev, the worser of the two outcomes but a player that was in doubt somewhat before the tournament due to a knee problem. But he managed to reach the final of Hamburg last week.

The other side of the draw sees Casper Ruud in one section. Albeit he lost to a quality operator in Thiago Monteiro in Bastad, he played a lot of doubles last week so has match practice on the clay. He faces Daniil Medvedev potentially with his self-styled hatred of the surface. So perhaps a good draw for the sixth seed.

Then it could be Alex de Minaur v Carlos Alcaraz. The latter is the favourite for the title but in facing the Aussie ace, it could be a tough tie and a real popcorn clash. Perhaps out of the four, Zverev v Fritz and De Minaur v Alcaraz stand out the most in terms of watchable game styles. Often though with these projected ties devised, it doesn't go to script but how well it does is also intriguing.

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What could be the final 8 men at the Olympics. 👀

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