Brazilian women doubles Luisa Stefani and Laura Pigossi won bronze medals at the tennis tournament in Tokyo Olympics. They turned the match against the representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina by 2-1 (4:6, 6:4, 11:9).
The first set gave the start of the dramatic match, which offered a lot of emotions. Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina were the first to reach a break, but their Brazilian opponents managed to equalize for 4:4. Subsequently, the Russians managed to take the lead and reached 6:4.
The second set started well for Luisa Stefani and Laura Pigossi, who took an early break, and then showed a solid game, which brought them success with 6:4.
The drama occurred in the decisive third set, when Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina took the lead with 9:5, which meant four points to win the bronze medals. At that moment, there was an impulse in the game of Luisa Stefani and Laura Pigossi and they made six consecutive points, which brought them the victory with 11:9.
