Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo have bounced back to earn some special Olympic hardware…

The 26-year-old Spanish professional tennis player and her 27-year-old compatriot defeated the Czech Republic’s Linda Nosková and Karolína Muchová in the women’s doubles bronze medal match 6-2, 6-2 to claim the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

Playing in just their second tournament as a team, the Spaniards bounced back to claim the bronze for their country.

The eighth-seeded Spaniards – who won the Madrid Open together in May – were rock solid throughout and seemed to have all the answers as they sealed a brilliant victory, Sorribes Tormo finishing it off with a brilliant forehand volley.

Bucsa and Sorribes had lost in the semifinals to Diana Schnaider and Mirra Andreeva 1-6, 2-6 on Friday to miss out on the gold medal round.