It’s barely past 10 a.m. EDT, and we already have a contender for event of the day.
No. 4 seed Pedro Oliveira and Evandro Solberg had the entire Copacabana Stadium behind them, but still fell to 0-2 in a thrilling match against Canada’s Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk.
The heavily-favored Brazilians opened with a 21-17 win that was turned on its head when Saxton and Schalk powered back for a 21-18 victory.
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The tiebreaking third set was even tigher, as the Copacabana rallied around the home pairing.