Leo Borg Claims First Tour-Level Win in Bastad

Sweden’s Leo Borg picked the perfect venue to claim his first ATP Tour match win Tuesday, triumphing on home soil at 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 points he faced.

“I have worked so hard for this for so many years and today was the day I got the result,” Borg said. “I’m very happy with my performance today and how mentally strong I was. Elias and I have a good relationship and overall it was good tennis.”

The six-foot right-hander, who did not even have a match win at ATP Challenger Tour level (0-13 career) before this week, will next play Argentine Federico Coria.

The World No. 437 was playing just his third tour-level event and had competed exclusively at the ATP Challenger and ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour level this year before this week.