Rafael Nadal returned to singles motion with victory over Bjorn Borg’s son Leo on the Swedish Open, stay on Sky Sports activities.
The pairing of the names of the 2 finest males’s clay-courters of the Open period provoked pleasure inside tennis, though 21-year-old Leo seems extremely unlikely to have a profession something like that of his father.
Ranked 461, Leo was given a wild card for the event in Bastad and competed nicely in opposition to his illustrious opponent earlier than succumbing to a 6-3 6-4 defeat.
“Great feelings,” stated Nadal in his on-court interview.
“For me it has been an enormous honour to play in opposition to the son of one of many greatest legends within the historical past of our sport.
“I think he played quite well, he has a future in front of him so I wish him all the very best.”
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Bjorn Borg’s son Leo produced a second of magic to lob Rafael Nadal of their first spherical match on the Swedish Open
Nadal was taking part in his first singles match since an opening-round loss to Alexander Zverev on the French Open in Might.
The 38-year-old determined to remain on clay somewhat than danger additional damage by switching to grass and has been practising with the objective of being at his finest for the Paris Olympics later this month.
Nadal ought to have a stiffer check subsequent in opposition to British quantity two Cameron Norrie, who defeated Jozef Kovalik within the first spherical on Monday.
Nadal and Norrie will face off stay on Sky Sports activities Tennis on Thursday.
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Nadal will subsequent face Britain’s Cameron Norrie, who beat Jozef Kovalik in straight units to succeed in the second spherical of the Swedish Open
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