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TOKYO: Brazilians Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani saved four match-points against Wimbledon runners-up Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina to snatch the Olympic women's doubles bronze medal. The Brazilians, with tears in their eyes at the end of the match, crowned a stellar week, coming from a set down and trailing 5-9 in the tie-break to win six consecutive points and beat the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) pair 4-6, 6-4, 11-9. It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal. Agencies
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