Meppelink and van Iersel ready to put lessons into practice

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Rio de Janeiro, August 6, 2016 – The Netherland’s Marlene van Iersel and Madelein Meppelink began their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games campaign by beating Venezuela’s Olaya Pazo and Norisbeth Gonzalez 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Saturday. 

Here’s what they said after the match….

Marlene van Iersel, the Netherlands 

“We are happy that we finally got to play as we had to wait for so long. It was a good game to start with. 

“In the beginning we had nerves in the first set. You could see it in the score. We …

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