Sweden’s Leo Borg picked the right venue to say his first ATP Tour match win Tuesday, triumphing on residence soil on the Nordea Open in Bastad.
Borg, the 20-year-old son of 11-time Grand Slam winner Bjorn Borg, defeated countryman Elias Ymer 7-6(5), 6-3 after saving two of the three break factors he confronted.
“I’ve labored so laborious for this for thus a few years and at this time was the day I bought the consequence,” Borg mentioned. “I am very pleased with my efficiency at this time and the way mentally robust I used to be. Elias and I’ve a great relationship and general it was good tennis.”
The six-foot right-hander, who didn’t also have a match win at ATP Challenger Tour stage (0-13 profession) earlier than this week, will subsequent play Argentine Federico Coria.
The World No. 437 was enjoying simply his third tour-level occasion and had competed completely on the ATP Challenger and ITF Males’s World Tennis Tour stage this yr earlier than this week.
