Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova win women's doubles gold, Hingis and Bacsinszky take silver

Published 14/08/2016 at 17:09 GMT

Russian duo Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova won women's doubles gold, with Martina Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky having to settle for silver at Rio 2016.

Elena Vesnina (RUS) of Russia and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) of Russia celebrate after winning their match against Martina Hingis (SUI) of Switzerland and Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) of Switzerland

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Hingis, making her first Olympic appearance since her debut at the Atlanta Games in 1996, partnered Bacsinszky in successful fashion but the pair came up just short.

Vesnina and Makarova secured the two crucial breaks of serve they required as they triumphed in straight sets, 6-4 6-4.

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