The Ukrainian paired with Ostapenko from Latvia defeated the second seeded duo
Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmila Kichenok in tandem with Elena Ostapenko from Latvia managed to reach the semi-finals of the doubles tournament WTA 500 in Eastbourne, UK.
In the quarter-final match, Lyudmila and Elena were stronger than the Czech-German duo Barbora Krejcikova / Laura Siegemund, seeded number two.
The fight lasted one hour and 23 minutes. In the first game, Kichenok and Ostapenko led 3:0 and 4:1, then they allowed the gap to be reduced to a minimum, but left the ending behind them – 6:3. In the second set there was a stubborn fight, but everything was decided by one single break with the score 3:3.
The Ukrainian and Latvian will compete with the winners of the match Xie Shuwei / Sloane Stephens (Taiwan / USA) – Harriet Dart / Maya Lumsden (Great Britain) for reaching the final.
- WTA. Eastbourne, UK. Doubles. 1/8 finals
Lyudmila Kichenok / Elena Ostapenko (Ukraine / Latvia) — Barbora Krejcikova / Laura Siegemund (Czech Republic / Germany, 2) — 2:0 (6:3, 6:4)
Source: Sportarena
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