Borg, Nadal’s first rival on his return to Bastad

Rafael Nadal He already knows his way back to the ATP circuit. After being eliminated in the first round of Roland Garros against Alexander Zverev and after skipping the grass season with his sights set on clay, the Balearic player is back next week at the ATP 250 in Bastadover its fetish.

The goal is to get the maximum amount of filming possible for Olympic Games in Paris. Nadal has been working on this surface in recent weeks with the aim of getting sensations for the Olympic event. The test will take place in Sweden in a tournament with two top 10 seeds as the first seeds, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud.

nadal will debut in the first round against Leo Borg, son of local legend Bjorn Borg, where the Spaniard took almost every possible record on clay. The 21-year-old received, like Rafa, an invitation to play in the final draw of the tournament, so the Scandinavian courts will see a rivalry to say the least.

In case of victory, there could be very demanding matches for Nadal in the following matches. The winner of that first round will face the winner of the second round. Cameron Norrie-Josef Kovalikwhile in the quarterfinals the Argentine may appear on the Spanish side Mariano Navone. Nadal will go for a high side where he will appear Rublev and where there is also a third seed Tallon Griekspoor.

He Russian He will debut directly in the round of 16 against the winner of the duel between Argentine Thiago Agustín Tirante and a player from the previous one. In its part, Ruud He will do the same in the second round against Federico Coria or Thiago Monteiro. In the tournament, in addition to Nadal, participates Roberto Carballeswho will debut in the first round against Roman Safiullin.