“Expectations were not met: Ukrainian and Eliza Mertens gave way to Kalinskaya and Mcnelli”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the 1st round Ukrainian and her partner Eliza Mertens From Belgium (the former first racket in the world) gave way to Tandem Anna Kalinskaya / Katie McNelli (USA) in 1 hour and 26 minutes.
WTA 1000 Indian-Wells. Pairs. Hard. 1/16 finals
Anna Kalinskaya / Katie McNelli (USA) – Nadiya Kichenok (Ukraine) / Eliza Mertens (Belgium) – 4: 6, 6: 2, [10:7].
Kichenok and Mertens were first played in one duet.
The next rivals of Kalinskaya and Mcnelli will be the second sown Gabriel Dabrovsky / Erin Rutliffe.
Ukraine in the paired category of Indian-Wells will continue to represent the sister of Nadiya Lyudmila, who performs with Sophia Kenin.