“Lyudmila and Nadiya defeated Khromacheva and Panova in the quarterfinals of the five-hundredth”, — write: sport.ua
In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainian women won the “neutral” tandem in a super tie-break Iryna Khromacheva / Alexander Panov. The meeting lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
WTA 500 Brisbane. couples Hard, 1/4 final
Iryna Khromacheva / Aleksandra Panova [4] – Lyudmila Kitten (Ukraine) / Nadia Kichenok (Ukraine) – 2:6, 7:6 (7:2), [7:10]
Lyudmila and Nadiya could have ended the match even earlier if they had realized their advantage in the second game when they led 4:2 with one break.
Kichenok held the first face-to-face confrontation against Khromacheva and Panova.
Lyudmila and Nadia reached the first joint semifinal since January 2025 – then the Ukrainian women reached the decisive match at the 500th in Linz.
In addition to Khromachova and Panova, the duo Miu Kato / Fanny Stollar also managed to pass the Kichenok in Brisbane. The next opponents of the Ukrainian women will be first seeds Xie Shuwei (Chinese Taipei) and Alyona Ostapenko (Latvia).