Dayana Yastremskaya and Angelina Kalinina withdrew from the competition
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok And Elena Ostapenko from Latvia reached the second round of the doubles tournament WTA 1000 in American Indian Wells.
Lyudmila and Elena met with the duo Sara Errani / Laura Siegemund (Italy / Germany). Kichenok and Ostapenko lost the first set outright, but defeated their opponents in the second. In the super tiebreaker, Lyudmila and Elena snatched victory in a tense fight.
Also entered into the doubles tournament in Indian Wells were Ukrainians Angelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremska. The couple withdrew from the competition and did not enter the first round match against Maria Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes-Tormo.
Lyudmila Kichenok and Elena Ostapenko were seeded eighth at the tournament in the USA. In the second round, the pair will meet the duo of Shuko Aoyama / Aleksandra Krunic (Japan / Serbia).
- WTA 1000. Indian Wells, USA. Doubles. First round
Sara Errani / Laura Siegemund (Italy / Germany) – Lyudmila Kichenok / Elena Ostapenko (Ukraine / Latvia, 8) — 1:2 (6:1, 2:6, 8:10_
Source: Sportarena

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