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Tennis: Nadal and Lopez win men's doubles gold

Saturday, 13 August 2016 3:17 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 13 August 2016 3:18 PM ]

Spain's Rafael Nadal and Spain's Marc Lopez celebrate after winning the men's doubles final tennis match against Romania's Florin Mergea and Romania's Horia Tecau at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 12, 2016. (AFP)

Rafael Nadal has managed to win gold in the Olympic men's doubles alongside his good friend Marc Lopez.

They defeated Romania's duo of Florin Merja and Horia Tecau with a score line of 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in an exhausting final that lasted close to 2.5 hours. This was the Spaniard’s second triumph at the Olympics, having also won gold in the singles at the 2008 Beijing Games. Nadal has also progressed in the last 4 of the men's singles at the Rio games after beating Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in three sets. That’s while, the Bronze medal of the men's doubles went to Americans Steve Johnson and Jack Sock, who overcame Canada's Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.

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