<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rafa-nadal">Rafa Nadal</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>It was Nadal's first appearance at the ATP 250 event since winning the singles as a 19-year-old in 2005.</p><p>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.</p>.Rafa Nadal says 2024 may not be his last French Open.<p>"Personally, I am happy, and I think it was a good match. We played quite well in the first time we played together and I’m happy to be back here after almost 20 years," the 38-year-old said on court.</p><p>"I have great memories from this place from 2003, 2004 and 2005, so I am enjoying this week and hopefully can keep going."</p><p>Nadal is also entered in the singles at Bastad and is drawn to play Leo Borg, the son of Swedish great Bjorn Borg, in the first round.</p><p>Nadal, who won an Olympic singles gold medal in 2008 and a doubles gold in 2016, will team up with French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in the doubles at Paris.</p><p>His doubles match on Monday was halted twice due to rain delays, prompting a light-hearted jibe from Ruud, the world number nine in singles.</p><p>"He is getting old so I’m not sure how his body feels when he has to stop and start all the time, but he did well," said the Norwegian.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rafa-nadal">Rafa Nadal</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>It was Nadal's first appearance at the ATP 250 event since winning the singles as a 19-year-old in 2005.</p><p>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.</p>.Rafa Nadal says 2024 may not be his last French Open.<p>"Personally, I am happy, and I think it was a good match. We played quite well in the first time we played together and I’m happy to be back here after almost 20 years," the 38-year-old said on court.</p><p>"I have great memories from this place from 2003, 2004 and 2005, so I am enjoying this week and hopefully can keep going."</p><p>Nadal is also entered in the singles at Bastad and is drawn to play Leo Borg, the son of Swedish great Bjorn Borg, in the first round.</p><p>Nadal, who won an Olympic singles gold medal in 2008 and a doubles gold in 2016, will team up with French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in the doubles at Paris.</p><p>His doubles match on Monday was halted twice due to rain delays, prompting a light-hearted jibe from Ruud, the world number nine in singles.</p><p>"He is getting old so I’m not sure how his body feels when he has to stop and start all the time, but he did well," said the Norwegian.</p>