Tennis
He started the season with a win. Kichenok successfully started the tournament in Australia
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok with his partner Alena Ostapenko beat the American duo in three sets in the 1/8 finals of the tough tournament of the WTA 500 series in Adelaide (Australia) (Latvia) Caitlin Christian / Sabrina Santamaria 1 hour 26 minutes.
WTA 500 Islands. couples hard. 1/8 final
Caitlin Christian (USA) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) – Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) / Alena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 2:6, 6:3, [7:10]
It should be noted that for the Ukraine-Latvia duo this is the first doubles match of the 2023 season. In the quarterfinals of the tournament, Kichenok and Ostapenko will play against Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai.
By the way, previously Lyudmila’s sister, Nadia Kichenok, flew from the doubles tournament in Adelaide.
Source: Sport UA
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