Ludmila and Elena Ostapenko left no chance for Xinyu Yan and Makoto Ninomiya
Ukrainian tennis player Ludmila Kichenok played a second round match in doubles on US Open 2024She, in a pair with a Latvian Elena Ostapenkoconfidently beat in two sets Xinyu Yan from China and Makoto Ninomiya from Japan.
The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. In the first set, both sides played well on their serve, but one single break was enough for Lyudmila and Elena to win the game.
The second set followed a similar scenario. Again, L. Kichenok and Ostapenko never gave up their serve, while taking two games on the return. As a result, a 6:3 victory and a confident exit to the third round of the competition.
The next opponents of Lyudmila and Elena will be Beatriz Haddad-Maia from Brazil and Laura Siegemund from Germany. This meeting will take place on September 1, starting no earlier than 22:00 Kyiv time.
- US Open 2024. Women’s Doubles. Second Round
Xinyu Yan (China)/Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) — Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine)/Elena Ostapenko (Latvia) — 0:2 (3:6, 3:6)
Source: Sportarena

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