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David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez off to winning start

Ferrer, Lopez off to winning start
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Spain's David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez make it through to round two of the men's Olympic doubles with a hard-fought victory over Polish fourth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Spain's David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez have made it through to the second round of the men's Olympic doubles with a hard-fought victory over Polish fourth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

With neither team dropping serve in the opening set, the Spanish duo edged the tie-break 9-7.

It was more of the same in the second as both teams held to force another tie-break. However, this time it was the Poles who won it 8-6 to take the match into a decisive third set.

Ferrer and Lopez managed to break their opponents' serve late on to see out the match 8-6 in two hours and 38 minutes.

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