Rio Olympics 2016, Tennis: Five men’s doubles teams who can win medals

4. Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau (Romania)

Fifth seeds

Rohan Bopanna’s usual doubles partner on the circuit, Florin Mergea and former Wimbledon champion Horia Tecau joined forces from the middle of the year with an eye to the Olympic Games. With both having a glittering doubles career, it was not a surprise when they started racking up wins pretty soon.

In just four ATP tournaments together this year, they have won 1 title and reached the semi-finals of the others. What can aid them even more is their familiarity with each other since a very young age. Both were prolific juniors and they even clinched the 2002 and 2003 Wimbledon boys’ doubles titles.

Now after two Grand Slam crowns for Tecau and two Slam semis for Mergea in seniors, they will certainly look to make the most of this lucrative opportunity to grab an Olympic medal.

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Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.

Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.

Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.

Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.

When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.

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