Rafael Nadal sees off Bjorn Borg’s son Leo on return to action in Bastad

Rafael Nadal has been practising with the goal of being at his best for the Paris Olympics later this month (Adam Ihse/AP)

Rafael Nadal returned to singles action with victory over Bjorn Borg’s son Leo at the Nordea Open in Sweden.

The pairing of the names of the two best men’s clay-courters of the Open era provoked excitement within tennis, although 21-year-old Leo appears highly unlikely to have a career anything like that of his father.