The Paris 2024 Olympic Games presented plenty of defining images for decades to come, but few have endured so strongly already like Rafael Nadal under the Eiffel Tower.
The Spaniard has always found himself at ease in the French capital, a home away from home, born from his extraordinary success at the French Open over the last two decades.
But for all of the symbolic beauty, there is another that perhaps more definitively captures the 38-year-old in his late career throes - a series of stills from the men's doubles event.
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It is the changing of the guard caught in real-time - Nadal roaring in celebration as he moves to embrace his countryman Carlos Alcaraz as they share the court together.
The younger Spaniard is just 21 years old, and yet he has already won four grand slams, all since his elder statesman last basked in the adoration of a Roland Garros final.
This week, as the pair descend at Riyadh Season for the Six Kings Slam, live and free on DAZN, it marks the passing of the torch - the final few pages of one career, and the early chapters of another.
The old heroes of the Open Era's post-millennium boom are almost all gone. Roger Federer has long since slipped into retirement. Andy Murray bowed out earlier this year.
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When Nadal hangs up his court shoes for good at the end of the year, only Novak Djokovic will remain - and even he is closer to the twilight than the daybreak of a new breed.
But before that, the two must meet four of the greatest talents currently on the ATP Tour - Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune.
The former duo in particular have dominated the sport this year, with two grand slam titles apiece, and they arrive in Saudi Arabia among the hot favourites.
Such success already has drawn comparisons to Nadal's own imperious start, and he acknowledges that he can see long and fruitful careers ahead for both of them.
"They've doing great," he told DAZN. "They are very young and they are achieving amazing things, winning grand slams, [putting] great numbers out there.
"Carlos, Jannik, I think these guys are making a spoecial thing. I wish them all the very best to keep growing. They are already huge stars.
"I'm sure that if they are able to stay free of injuries, they will build an amazing career. Number one and number two in the world. They are great in their own story."
Those with memory long in the tooth have compared Alcaraz and Sinner's dominance to that of Nadal and Federer, men who ruled the roost until Djokovic and Murray emerged.
While the latter ultimately fell away, beset by injuries after a 2016 campaign that ended with him as world number one, the others have sustained themselves into the next era,
But Nadal believes drawing comparisons to the years of the Big Three is unfair, and firmly hopes Alcaraz and Sinner have the chance to define their own achievements.
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"We need to wait," he added. "I do not think it is a moment to compare because Novak is still there. Roger and myself, we left or are going to leave soon.
"But that's part of the sports career of everyone. Now, it is a new generation coming. We need to let them create their own rivalries and own stories.
"They don't need comparisons with us. Let's see at the end of their careers, then is the moment to compare."
Nadal heads to Riyadh with little competitive action since the Olympic Games, and with only the Davis Cup Finals left as a major milestone.
His expectations are not high for a tournament where his reputation has already afforded him a pass beyond the first day of action too.
But nevertheless, he hopes that whatever the result is, the world can be entertained once again by the superstars of tennis, both old and new.
"I want to try my best," he accepts. "I know the challenge is huge because I am going to be facing players that has been on the road facing the best players in the world.
My expectations are not very high. But on a personal level, I'm very excited to be on the court and play against these guys again.
"I think the show is going to be fantastic. When you put together all these players, I think the fans are going to be very well entertained and the show will be huge."
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