Kovalik in the Swedish Open, while Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud prevail in the doubles. Great Britain's Cameron Norrie made a return to triumphant ways in the first round of the Swedish Open in Bastad, defeating Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik in straight sets. On the back of a third-round elimination at Wimbledon, where he overcame Jack Draper - the man who replaced him as British number one - before falling to Alexander Zverev, Norrie headed to Scandinavia as the fifth seed for the clay tournament.
Despite being pushed all the way in the first set against Kovalik - ranked 102nd in the world - Norrie came through a critical tie-breaker and needed just one break in the second set to win 7-6[4] 6-4 in one hour and 35 minutes. An incredibly cagey first set saw no player fashion a single chance to break, although Norrie went on the offensive after edging the tie-breaker and had two break points in Kovalik's opening service..
. Ben Knapton.
