Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Brazil's Luisa Stefani pose after they defeated Russian pair Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina to win the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's doubles tennis match for the bronze medal at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 31, 2021.Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani won Brazil’s first-ever Olympic medal in tennis on Saturday with a hard-fought victory over Russians Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina in the women’s doubles bronze-medal match.
“She is one of my best friends and being here with her and her believing in my dream, and I in hers, was the greatest gift for me,” Pigossi said. Kudermetova and Vesnina, who will also play in Sunday’s mixed doubles final alongside Aslan Karatsev, led 9-5 in the breaker but failed to secure victory.The 26-year-old Pigossi and Stefani sealed their historic medal with a brilliant run of six straight points.
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