“Together with Desire Kravchyk, the Ukrainian defeated Iryna Khromacheva and Aleksandra Panova”, — write: sport.ua
In the first round, the Ukrainian and her partner Desiree Kravchyk (USA) beat the “neutral” tandem of Iryna Khromocheva / Aleksandra Panov in three sets in 1 hour and 32 minutes.
WTA 500 Adelaide. couples Hard, 1/8 finals
Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) / Desiree Kravchyk (USA) – Iryna Khromacheva / Aleksandra Panova – 4:6, 6:4, [10:6]
This was the first meeting of the duo. For the first time since 2019, Kichenok played in the same pair with Kravchyk.
In the quarterfinals of the five-hundredth, Ludmila and Desire will compete against the first-seeded duo Se Shuwei / Alyona Ostapenko. Lyudmila lost to Xie Shuwei and Ostapenko in the Brisbane semi-finals last week when she competed alongside her sister, Nadia.