Tennis
Nadezhda Kichenok and her partner took second place at the Hobart start
Ukrainian tennis player Nadezhda Kichenok Won the opening doubles match at the WTA 250 hard court tournament held in Hobart, Australia.
With the Ukrainians in the first round Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) defeated Chan Hao-Ching (Chinese Taipei) / Jiang Xinyu (China) in two sets in 1 hour 38 minutes.
WTA 250 Hobart. Couples. Difficult, 1/8 final
Nadezhda Kichenok (Ukraine) / Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) – Chan Hao-Chin (Chinese Taipei) / Jiang Xinyu (China) [2] – 7:5, 7:5
In the first match, Nadezhda and Makoto lost 1:4, and then they won four matches in a row, winning back serve with a score of 3:5 in the set.
This was the first time the two had faced each other. Kichenok and Ninomiya will compete in the second round against Katarzyna Piter and Janice Tjen or Gabriella Da Silva Fick and Alexandra Osborne.
Nadezhda and Makoto won their 11th victory in their 13th joint fight since July 2025. The Ukrainian and Japanese set out for their third WTA 250 trophy; They became champions in Hamburg and Prague last summer.
Source: Sport UA
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