Rafael Nadal wins in Swedish Open doubles with Casper Ruud ahead of Cameron Norrie clash

Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud won a dramatic doubles match at the Swedish Open to reach the semi-finals in Bastad.

Nadal and Ruud beat the French pairing of Theo Arribage and Roman Safiullin 6-4 3-6 12-10, saving a match point in the match tie-break. On Thursday, Nadal will be in second round singles action against Britain's Cameron Norrie - live on Sky Sports Tennis. Novak Djokovic: Is the end nigh for tennis' indestructible man?What tennis is live on Sky Sports?Stream ATP & WTA Tour tennis and more with NOW'I think we had some fun,' Nadal said.

Nadal and Ruud saved a match point at 9-10 down, before winning the next two points to get over the line. 'When you cannot win singles you have to try to win doubles,' joked Ruud, who lost his opening singles match to Thiago Monteiro earlier on Wednesday. ''It was not the best beginning of the day but a very nice way to finish the day for me. Winning alongside Rafa was a special doubles today. We saved a match point so a bit lucky, and we look forward to the next match.

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