Earlier, the Ukrainian woman was also eliminated in doubles.
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok lost in the first round match of the mixed doubles tournament on Australian Open 2023.
Paired with Gonzalo Escobar from Ecuador, the Ukrainian lost in two sets to the Australians Kimberly Birrell and Rinki Hijikata. In the first game, the Ukrainian duet lost without a chance – 1:6.
In the second set, Kichenok and Escobar failed to keep the lead, leading 4:1 and 5:3. At the same time, they did not convert the set point before the tie-break. And in the course of the tie-break itself, the Ukrainian and the Ecuadorian gave up two of their serves and eventually lost the match.
We will remind, earlier Lyudmila, together with Elena Ostapenko from Latvia, dropped out of the fight in the doubles Australian Open-2023.
Australian Open-2023. Mixed. First round
Lyudmila Kichenok/Gonzalo Escobar (Ukraine/Ecuador) — Kimberly Birrell/Rinki Hijikata (Australia, WC) – 0:2 (1:6, 6:7(5-7))
Source: Sportarena
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