“Ludmila and Zhan Haoqing beat the Dart / Parry tandem in the 2nd round in two sets”, — write: sport.ua
In the 2nd round, the Ukrainian and her partner Zhan Haoqing (Taiwan) beat the tandem in two sets Harriet Dart (Great Britain) / Diane Parry (France) in 59 minutes.
Australian Open 2025. Pairs. Round of 16
Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) / Zhan Haoqing (Taiwan) – Harriet Dart (Great Britain) / Diane Parry (France) – 6:0, 6:3
This was the first meeting of tandems.
Lyudmila and Zhan started playing in the same duet in 2025. This is their first major together. In total, they have already played five matches – 3 wins and 2 losses.
Last year, Kichenok reached the Aus Open final in a pair with Alyona Ostapenko.
In the 3rd round of the Australian major, Lyudmila and Zhan will play against the ninth seeds Kristina Mladenovych (France) and Zhang Shuai (China). At the start of the competition, Lyudmila and Zhan coped with Olga Danylovich and Anastasia Potapova.
Lyudmila is the first Ukrainian woman who managed to reach the 1/8 finals of the doubles tournament on the Melbourne courts. Marta Kostyuk, Nadiya Kichenok and Angelina Kalinina continue to represent Ukraine at the AO-2025 as a pair.