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All Three Swedish Wildcards Exit Stockholm Open After First Round

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All Three Swedish Wildcards Exit Stockholm Open After First Round

At the Stockholm Open, all three Swedish wildcards were eliminated in the first round. Leo Borg, a wildcard and son of former Wimbledon champion Björn Borg, lost 6‑3, 6‑2 to British qualifier Toby Samuel in a match that lasted 1 hour 10 minutes. Earlier, wildcard Max Dahlin fell to fifth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6‑4, 6‑7(6), 6‑3. The third Swedish wildcard, Elias Ymer, was defeated by Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6‑1, 7‑6(4) on Sunday. With Ymer’s loss, no Swedish player remains in the singles draw. Samuel, ranked No. 95, had previously beaten Adrian Mannarino 3‑6, 7‑5, 6‑1 in the final round of qualifying and will face third seed Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16. Dahlin, ranked outside the ATP top 700, pushed Etcheverry to a deciding set, saving a match point in the second‑set tiebreak before losing 5‑3 in the third set. The tournament’s first‑round results also included Cameron Norrie defeating James Duckworth 7‑5, 6‑0, and other matches such as Arthur Rinderknech vs Miomir Kecmanovic and Holger Rune vs Zizou Bergs.

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