RIO DE JANEIRO _ The U.S. and Orange County (Calif.) added to their medal haul Friday night when Steve Johnson and partner Jack Sock won tennis bronze in men's doubles.
They defeated Canada's Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-4.
Johnson, 26, and ranked No. 22 in the world in singles, played at USC, where he put together a career widely considered to be the greatest in NCAA history.
Earlier Friday, he lost in a third-set tiebreaker to England's Andy Murray, the world's No. 2 ranked player, in the quarterfinals of singles.
Johnson pushed Murray, the two-time and reigning Wimbledon Open champion, to the brink before falling. He was blanked in the first set, 6-0, but then dramatically rebounded to drop Murray in the second set, 6-4.
In a tightly contested third set, Murray finally prevailed in a tie-breaker, 7-6 (7-2).
Murray, a three-time Grand Slam winner, is the defending Olympic gold medalist.
It was the second time the players had met, Murray winning in straight sets in a tournament in Shanghai last year.
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