ATP roundup: Rafael Nadal back to
winning in Sweden
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[July 17, 2024]
Spain's Rafael Nadal shook off any rust and defeated Leo Borg
-- the 21-year-old son of tennis legend Bjorn Borg -- 6-3, 6-4 in
the first round of the Nordea Open on Tuesday in Bastad, Sweden.
Nadal, 38, had not played in an ATP Tour match since May 27, when he
lost a first-round match to Alexander Zverev at the French Open.
Nadal, with 92 tour-level titles to his credit, was competing in
Bastad for the first time since winning the event in 2005.
He didn't face a break point against fellow wild-card entry Borg and
won 82.1 percent (32 of 39) of his first-serve points in capturing
the match in one hour and 25 minutes. He will face No. 5 seed
Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in the next round.
In other matches, Nadal's countryman Roberto Carballes Baena won in
three sets over sixth-seeded Roman Safiullin of Russia 5-7, 7-6 (3),
6-3; and Kazakhstan qualifier Timofey Skatov overcame Japan's Taro
Daniel 6-7 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4).
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Seventh-seeded Nuno Borges of Portugal defeated lucky loser Andrea
Pellegrino of Italy 6-2, 7-6 (3). Other winners were Portugal's
Henrique Rocha, India's Sumit Nagal, Argentina's Thiago Agustin
Tirante, Kazakhstan's Dennis Yevseyev, Brazil's Thiago Monteiro and
Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic.
Hamburg Open
It was a good day for seeded players, led by No. 2 Holger Rune with
a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the opening
round in Germany.
Denmark's Rune saved all four break points while converting two of
five. He also had a 23-13 edge in winners.
Third-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina downed Germany's Dominik
Koepfer 6-2, 6-3; fifth-seed Arthur Fils of France needed three sets
to beat Spain's Jaume Munar 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; seventh-seeded Luciano
Darderi of Italy posted a 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 win over lucky loser Nick
Hardt of the Dominican Republic; and eighth-seeded Zhizhen Zhang of
China got his bearings to beat Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6 (6),
6-0.
Other winners were Frenchman Hugo Gaston, Argentina qualifier Marco
Trungelliti and Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.
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Swiss Open Gstaad
Lukas Klein of Slovakia won a tight battle with No. 8 seed Stan
Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-5 in the first round in
Switzerland.
Klein had a slight edge in aces (9-7) and winners
(22-21), while Wawrinka saved 3 of 4 on break-point opportunities to
0-for-2 for his opponent in the match lasting just more than two
hours.
Sixth-seeded Matteo Berrettini of Italy downed Argentina's Pedro
Cachin 6-4, 7-6 (2). Qualifier Quentin Halys defeated fellow
Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).
Other winners were Germany's Yannick Hanfmann, Brazilian qualifier
Gustavo Heide, Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic and the Netherlands' Botic
van de Zandschulp.
Infosys Hall of Fame Open
Mackenzie McDonald rallied from a first-set loss to oust
eighth-seeded Rinky Hijikata of Australia 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the
opening round in Newport, R.I.
McDonald converted 7 of 13 break point opportunities, to 6 of 12 for
his opponent. Hijikata had more winners (34-24), but McDonald was
better on first-serve points, winning 46 of 66 (70 percent) to 32 of
54 (59.3 percent) for Hijikata.
No. 5 seed Brandon Nakashima defeated fellow American Emilio Nava
7-5, 6-2; seventh-seeded Arthur Rinderknech of France beat Japan's
Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3, 7-6 (5); and France's Benoit Paire took a
6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) victory from Zachary Svajda in a match that was
suspended Monday at the start of the third set due to darkness.
Also advancing Tuesday were British qualifier Billy Harris,
Australian qualifier Alex Bolt and wild cards Ethan Quinn and Eliot
Spizzirri of the United States.
--Field Level Media
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