Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani are celebrating more than an Olympic medal…
The 26-year-old Brazilian tennis player and the Brazilian tennis player defeated the Russian Olympic Committee‘s Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina for the bronze medal in women’s doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
With their victory, the pair has given Brazil its first ever medal in Olympic tennis.
Pigossi and Stefani won 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 in two hours and 11 minutes at Ariake Tennis Park on Saturday, saving four straight match points and winning six straight points to close out the match.
The pair upset two seeded teams in the first rounds of the tournament before losing to Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic, who’ll play for the gold, in the semifinals.
Laura Pigossi is aiming for her first-ever WTA Challenger title… The 29-year-old Brazilian professional tennis player outlasted Mexico’s Renata Zarazúa 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2) at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday to reach the finals at the Argentina Open, a WTA 125 tournament. Pigossi will next face Argentina’s Maria…
Laura Pigossi is celebrating a special first… The 29-year-old Brazilian professional tennis player defeated Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carle 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Argentina Open. World No.137 Pigossi took 1 hour and 32 minutes to topple 175th-ranked Carle on the Argentine's home soil. Pigossi is now 3-0 against…
Maria Lourdes Carle has advanced to her first WTA Challenger final… The 23-year-old Argentine professional tennis player, the No. 8 seed, has reached the final of the Argentina Open by defeating No. 7 seed Julia Riera 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday evening. Carle, ranked No 175,…