“In the semi-finals, the Ukrainian and Desiree Kravchyk were defeated by the tandem of Peres / Schuurs in a super tie-break”, — write: sport.ua
The Ukrainian and her partner are in the semi-finals Desiree Kravchyk (USA) overcame the tandem in the super tie-break Ellen Perez (Australia) / Demi Shurs (Netherlands). The meeting ended in 1 hour and 28 minutes.
WTA 500 Adelaide. couples Hard, 1/2 final
Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) / Desiree Kravchyk (USA) – Ellen Perez (Australia) / Demi Schuers (Netherlands) – 6:2, 3:6, [10:7]
In the super tie-break, Kichenok and Kravchyk trailed 4:6, but managed to beat their opponents.
In the match for the trophy, Lyudmila and Desire will compete against the second seeded duo of Kateryna Sinyakova (Czech Republic) / Zhang Shuai (China).
Kichenok and Kravchik are holding the first joint competitions since 2019. In the 1/8 finals, they knocked out Iryna Khromacheva and Aleksandra Panova, and in the quarterfinals they were supposed to play with Se Shuvei and Alyona Ostapenko, but due to the Latvian’s injury, the meeting did not take place.
Ludmila Kichenok will hold the 25th final at the Tour level and the first since June 2025, when together with Ellen Peres they lost in the fight for the 500th trophy in Bad Homburg. Kichenok will fight for the 12th title in his career.
The Adelaide doubles final between Kichenok / Kravchyk and Sinyakova / Zhang Shuai will take place on January 16 and will start approximately at 11:30 Kyiv time.