Nadal Suffers Surprise Defeat to Borges in Bastad

Daniel Kelack  

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Nadal Suffers Surprise Defeat to Borges in Bastad

Rafael Nadal, the former world number one, suffered a decisive 6-3, 6-2 loss to Portuguese player Nuno Borges, ranked 51st, in the Bastad clay-court tournament final. The one-sided defeat of the 26-time Grand Slam champion by his 27-year-old opponent, who was playing in his first career final, is concerning just a week before the start of the Olympic tennis event at Nadal's home clay of Roland-Garros.
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