RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) — The Russian athletes beat Swiss players Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis 6/4 6/4.
#RUS take #gold! @katemakarova1 / @EVesnina001 defeat Bacsinszky/Hingis 64 64 to win the women's doubles at #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/2FIN3pZ8xJ
— ITF Olympic Tennis (@OlympicsTennis) 14 August 2016
The fate of the bronze in the women's doubles event was decided in an all-Czech encounter on Saturday, when Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova beat their compatriots Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.