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The Latest: US men survive another challenge, beat Serbia

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

9:45 p.m.

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.