Nadal vs. Borg in Bastad… not a misprint
pNadal vs. Borg sounds like a fantasy matchup between two clay-court giants who have combined to win 20 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a titles. And Nadal will face Borg in Bastad at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/bastad/316/overview'Nordea Open/a./p
pBut it will be a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a taking on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/leo-borg/b0jg/overview'Leo Borg/a, the 21-year-old son of former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/a. The pair of wild cards trained together on Friday ahead of the ATP 250 event./p
pldquo;It was crazy because we were looking when they did the draw and my name just popped up against Rafa,rdquo; Borg said. ldquo;Irsquo;m feeling very excited and itrsquo;s going to be a great match.rdquo;/p
pBorg explained that Nadal is one of the reasons he picked up a tennis racquet when he was a kid. Now he is looking forward to competing against the 92-time tour-level titlist./p
pldquo;It was a very good practice and of course hersquo;s been my idol since I was very young, so itrsquo;s going to be a very special moment in my career,rdquo; Borg said. ldquo;But Irsquo;m looking forward to that and Irsquo;m feeling really, really excited.rdquo; /p
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pNadal has competed in Bastad on three previous occasions, most recently in 2005, when he lifted the trophy. The 38-year-old will pursue his first title of the season this week. Borg earned his lone ATP Tour match win last year in Bastad against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/elias-ymer/y218/overview'Elias Ymer/a./p
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The top seed is defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a, who will begin his tournament against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-agustin-tirante/t0a1/overview'Thiago Agustin Tirante/a or a qualifier. The second seed is a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, who will face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-coria/ce77/overview'Federico Coria/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-monteiro/mj08/overview'Thiago Monteiro/a in the second round./p
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Nadal and Ruud are competing together in the doubles draw. They will open against second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guido-andreozzi/a887/overview'Guido Andreozzi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miguel-reyes-varela/r736/overview'Miguel Reyes-Varela/a./p
pstrongZverev leads Hamburg field/strongbr /
Top seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a is defending his title on home soil at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview'Hamburg Open/a. The German will face a qualifier and is seeded to meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a in the semi-finals. In the bottom half, second seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a begins against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabian-marozsan/m0ci/overview'Fabian Marozsan/a./p
pstrongTsitsipas headlines Gstaad draw/strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a will play Swiss wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marc-andrea-huesler/hh06/overview'Marc-Andrea Huesler/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hamad-medjedovic/m0jf/overview'Hamad Medjedovic/a in his opening match at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a is in the same half as Tsitsipas and starts against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-cachin/cg04/overview'Pedro Cachin/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stan-wawrinka/w367/overview'Stan Wawrinka/a takes on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lukas-klein/ki63/overview'Lukas Klein/a./p
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