Nordea Open—Bastad, Sweden
Nadal, Ruud Win Doubles Opener in Bastad
Legendary Spaniard Rafael Nadal return to action on Monday in Bastad, Sweden, winning his opening round doubles contest with partner Casper Ruud.
Advancing by a scoreline of 6-3, 6-4 over Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Reyes-Varela, Nadal and Ruud will next face either Cameron Norrie/Mariano Navone or Theo Arribage/Roman Safiullin.
In singles action, Nadal will begin his campaign later this week against Leo Borg. Borg is the son of 11-time Major winner Bjorn Borg.
Nadal is honing his skills for the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The event will be played at Stade Roland Garros.
Other marquee players in the field this week will include Andrey Rublev, Tallan Griekspoor, Ruud and Norrie.
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EFG Swiss Open Gstaad—Gstaad, Switzerland
Monday’s results in Gstaad, Switzerland saw No. 5 seed Jan-Lennard Struff and No. 7 seed Fabio Fognini advancing to the second round.
Struff dismissed Albert Ramos Vinolas 7-6(6), 7-6(4) and Fognini dismissed Titouan Droguet 6-4, 6-3.
The day’s other winner included Swiss wildcard Leandro Riedi.
The top seed in Gstaad this week will be Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek star is currently ranked No. 12 in the world. He will be joined by No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert and No. 3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Three-time Major winner and local hero Stan Wawrinka is also in the field.
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