Updated On: 21 July, 2024 08:02 AM IST | Bastad (Sweden) | AFP
The Spaniard rebounded from dropping the opening set to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, returning to the final of a tournament he won as a teenager on his last appearance in 2005

Rafael Nadal celebrates after his semi-final win v Duje Ajdukovic in Bastad yesterday. Pic/AFP
Rafael Nadal reached his first final on Saturday since winning the 2022 French Open, defeating Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic in a three-set tussle in Bastad ahead of the Paris Olympics.
A day after his four-hour quarter-final victory, the 22-time Grand Slam champion was again tested by Ajdukovic, the World No. 130 who had won just two tour-level matches before this week.