The 14-time Grand Slam singles champion can add a doubles gold to the gold he won in Beijing in 2008 in singles. Teaming up with Marc Lopez, the duo beat Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
One of Nadal’s biggest rivals in singles, Roger Federer, won a doubles gold in Beijing with Stan Wawrinka. Federer missed the Rio Games with a knee injury and is out for the rest of the year.