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Bastad, July 17 (HS). Rafael Nadal defeated Leo Borg, son of tennis great Bjorn Borg, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to enter the second round of the Bastad Open. This was 38-year-old Nadal's first singles match after losing in the opening round at Roland Garros on May 27. Nadal and 21-year-old Borg were both wild card entries in the Swedish clay-court tournament.
Despite an early scare after the former world number one slipped on a wet white line, Nadal broke for 3-1, hitting four aces to take the first set in 43 minutes.
The early break gave the Spaniard a foothold in the second set, serving out the match on his second match point after 1 hour 25 minutes on court to record his eighth ATP Tour match win this season.
Nadal will now play fifth seed Cameron Norrie, who beat Slovak Jozef Kovalik 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, in the second round.
Nadal skipped Wimbledon to focus on the Olympics, which will be played at Roland Garros, where he has won 14 French Open titles. Top seed Andrey Rublev will begin his campaign against 121st-ranked Thiago Tirante of Argentina on Wednesday.