Rafael Nadal is on FIRE in Bastad!
Rafael Nadal has been in fine form ahead of the Paris Olympics Rafael Nadal beat Duje Ajdukovic at the Swedish Open on Saturday to reach his first ATP Tour final in over two years ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris. The 38-year-old has been in fantastic form in Bastad ahead of his final Olympics, also defeating Bjorn Borg’s son, British star Cameron Norrie and Mariano Navone. The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who has delayed plans for retirement, went into his clash against Croatian world No.
Nadal’s dominant hold to love cut Ajdukovic’s lead to 4-3 – although the qualifier refused to give up – and they traded service games to make it 5-4 to the Croatian. That meant Ajdukovic had the chance to serve out for the first set and he got the job done 6-4, with 45 minutes on the clock in Bastad, when Nadal’s looping shot towards the back on the court landed just long. One set away ðAjdukovic takes the first set 6-4 off Nadal and is one set away from his first final!#NordeaOpen pic.
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