Ukolova and Birlova leave it all on the court to sew up third

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Ukolova and Birlova leave it on the court to sew up third 

Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2016 – Russia’s Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Ukolova secured their first win at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games with a 2-1 (21-18, 24-26, 15-9) victory over USA’s Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat at Copacabana Beach Arena on Thursday. 

Here’s what they said after the match…

Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

“It was very important. It was the game for the next round. We tried to leave in this game everything we have inside.”

Lauren Fendrick, USA

“We knew it was going …

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