Nadal warms up for Olympics

Rafa Nadal warmed up for his bid for another Olympic medal at the Paris Games with a doubles win at the Swedish Open in Bastad on Monday as the Spaniard returned to competition for the first time since May.

The 22-times Grand Slam champion teamed up with Norwegian Casper Ruud to record a 6-1, 6-4 win over second seeds Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Reyes-Varela on the Swedish clay.

It was Nadal’s first appearance at the ATP 250 event since winning the singles as a 19-year-old in 2005. Nadal elected to skip Wimbledon to prepare for the Olympics on the clay courts of Roland Garros where he has won a record 14 French Open singles titles.