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Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan suffer shock defeat in mixed doubles

Huber, Bryan suffer shock defeat in mixed doubles
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Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas cause an upset in the first round of the mixed doubles with victory over second seeds Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan.

Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas have caused an upset in the first round of the Olympic mixed doubles with a three-set victory over second seeds Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan.

The Germans took the first set thanks to a 7-5 win in the tie-break, before the American pairing levelled things up with a 7-5 triumph in a second-set tie-break.

With the match going into a super-tie-breaker, Lisicki and Kas sealed the surprise win 10-5.

They will now face Roberta Vinci and Daniele Bracciali of Italy in the quarter-finals.

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