USA Today · Aug 13, 2016
The Latest: US men survive another challenge, beat Serbia
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
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MEDAL ALERT: Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez of Spain won the first tennis gold medal of the Rio Olympics tennis competition, beating Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the men's doubles final.
Nadal and Lopez won the last three games Friday night after trailing 4-3 in the third set.
It's the second Olympic gold of Nadal's career. He was the singles champion at Beijing in 2008. It's the first medal for Lopez.
Steve Johnson and Jack Sock won the bronze for the United States.
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