Tennis
Nadezhda Kichenok successfully started the WTA 500 tournament in Tokyo in doubles
Ukrainian tennis player Nadezhda Kichenok She started the challenging WTA 500 series tournament held in Tokyo (Japan) successfully in doubles.
Ukrainian player and his partner in the 1/8 final of the competition Miyu Kato (Japan) beat Japanese tandem in two sets Yuko Kawaguchi / Yuki Naito In 1 hour 20 minutes.
WTA 500 Tokyo. couples. Difficult. 1/8 final
Miyu Kato (Japan) / Nadezhda Kichenok (Ukraine) – Yuko Kawaguchi (Japan) / Yuki Naito (Japan) – 7:6 (7:2), 6:1
Kichenok and Kato play together for the first time.
In the last 8 matches after the US Open, Nadezhda achieved 7 wins in doubles. Previously, the Ukrainian athlete had won the cup together with Anna-Lena Friedsam in the competition in Osaka, and in the tournament in Guangzhou, the Ukrainian and the Germans were eliminated in the semi-finals.
In the quarter-finals of the tournament in Tokyo, Kichenok and Kato will play against the duo Veronika Kudermetova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Source: Sport UA
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