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Nadal and Marc Lopez won the Tecau and Mergea 2-6, 6-3 and 4-6 after two hours and Romanians 27 minutes of play and extend the Spanish medal. Nadal, more motivated than ever, today looking for another final.
Rafa Nadal and Marc Lopez, two friends really, look in a few years the doubles gold with which adorned his neck today after defeating Romanian Horia Tecau and Florin Mergea by 6-2, 3-6 and 6-4 in 2h: 27 and smile. They will remember the moments spent at the Villa sharing. They never dreamed buckle his friendship with a gold. Rafa Nadal that two weeks before the Games, he doubted if traveling to Rio for the left wrist injury that forced him to leave Roland Garros.
A gold which was not expected
You will recall that was not expected to be an Olympic doubles. Because 14 great champion started the year with Verdasco, but the ranking of Madrid prevented him to make the cut. Marc Lopez would compete with Feliciano, who won Roland Garros, but this resigned. Who decided to join and illusions, because the post of Marc, 34 and 21 of the world, they added the necessary points.
Nadal playing double game
They will review Nadal, the champion, had won two days ago Thomaz Bellucci towithin a boiler, passing another 120 minutes track (fourth match in a range of 33 hours). They will recall how engullió pasta, rested he could, ice was applied on the wrist and went for his second gold after the individual in Beijing 2008.
They will come to mind that Tecau (31 years and 10th in doubles) is complemented nicely with Mergea (31 and 14th). And with Marc Lopez holding Nadal in a first set in which he accused the fatigue won two breaks. And they lost the second. And the third had five breaking balls that did not take advantage in the fourth game. And how Nadal revived and beat his chest like a beast drawing from where it had not. How they recovered a break and up to the stands. And balloons Marc impossible. And that came two match points , and lost them . And in the third Tecau he missed a smash.And they embraced and wept.
You will recall that this couple was only one looking at the gold.
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