Tennis
Ostapenko withdrew. Lyudmila Kichenok reaches semi-finals without competing in Adelaide
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok Doubles reached the semi-finals without a fight in the tough tournament WTA 500 in AdelaideAustralia.
In the quarter-finals, the Ukrainian player and her US partner Desiree Krawczyk had to play against the first seed. Alena Ostapenko (Latvia) and Xie Shuwei (Chinese Taipei).
However, the meeting will not be held due to Ostapenko’s withdrawal. On January 13, Alena was unable to complete her Adelaide 1/16 singles final match against Tereza Valentova due to neck/shoulder problems.
Ostapenko refused to continue against her Czech opponent with scores of 5:7 and 2:3, losing the 5:0 advantage in the first match.
Kichenok and Krawczyk will race Eja Muhammad and Erin Rutliff or Ellen Perez and Demi Schurs in the semi-finals of the 500 in Adelaide. At the beginning of the competition, Lyudmila and Desiree beat the Irina Khromacheva / Alexandra Panova duet.
Source: Sport UA
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