“Hope and Ninomia defeated the Duet of Cavalie-Rimies / Kozyrev in the quarterfinals in Prague”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the second round, Ukrainian and her partner Makoto Ninomia (Japan) In two sets beat the tandem Ivonn Cavalie-Rime (Spain) / Maria Kozireva in 50 minutes.
WTA 250 Prague. Pairs. Hard, 1/4 finals
Ivonn Kavalage-Rime (Spain) / Maria Kozyreva- Hope Kichenok (Ukraine) / Makoto Ninomia (Japan) [2] – 0: 6, 2: 6
It was the first meeting of duets.
Hope and Makoto won the sixth match in a row. Prior to the start of the competition in Prague, Ukrainian and Japanese became champions of the soil tournament of the identical category in Hamburg, Germany.
The following rivals of Kichenok and Ninomy will be Emily Epplton (United Kingdom) and Isabel Hoverlag (Netherlands).