The Americans only made their debut as a pair at the Hague earlier this season, but they immediately established themselves as formidable opponents by making the quarter-finals there, before winning bronze at the Espinho Four-Star last month.

They took gold in Moscow today by beating the Brazilians in three sets, 21-19, 12-21, 15-12 at Gorky Park.

“That was so amazing,” Hughes said.

“My first World Tour final and being in the final meant everything.

“I am so glad I had this girl by my side,” she added.

“Brazil played great, but we competed hard to come out with the win.”

The pair played well in the first set but were then largely dominated in the second.

Hughes then won them the first point of the tie break however, which clearly settled their nerves and they went on to win from there.

“We knew that the first point meant everything,” Ross said. “We just had to get every point we could get and somehow we got through.”

Gold means that Ross has improved on the silver medal she won in the Russian capital in 2017, when she was playing alongside Brooke Sweat.

The bronze medal was won by Switzerland’s Tanja Huberli and nina Betschart, who won their second World Tour medal of the year by beating Germany’s Julia Sude and Chantal Laboureur 21-19, 21-12.

The men’s final, between Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs from Latvia and Alison Cerutti and Andre Loyola Stein, was taken by the Latvian's in straight sets, meaning it was a bad day all round for the South American nation, as they also lost the men's bronze medal match.

Smedins and Samoilovs took the battle for gold, 21-18, 21-13.

In the match for bronze, the home pair of Oleg Stovanovskiy and Igor Velichko beat Vitor Goncalves Felipe and Evandro Goncalves Oliviera Junior, also in straight sets, 21-12, 21-10.