Rafael Nadal beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Swedish Open in Bastad.
Nadal is having an amazing week in Sweden where he is also in the semi-finals of the men’s doubles with Casper Ruud.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion is preparing for the Olympics in Paris, where tennis will be held at Roland Garros, the venue Nadal has won 14 French open titles.
The opening six games of the match went to serve, with both players striking through the ball solidly.
However, Nadal capitalised on two unforced forehand errors from Norrie to get the first break and went 4-3 up in the first set.
Norrie failed to take two chances to break back, so Nadal served out the first set.
The Spaniard fell early in the second set and required treatment on his left arm as Norrie broke and went on to take a 4-1 lead.
But, Nadal won five games in a row with a superb performance to make the quarter-finals of a tournament for the first time since January.
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