The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and the ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok They were crowned US Open doubles champions, defeating the Chinese in the final Shuai Zhang and the french Kristina Mladenovic by 6-4 and 6-3.
First Grand Slam title for the Ostapenko-Kichenok double, who lost in the Australian Open final at the start of the campaign. In it they have lifted the WTA trophy in Brisbane and Eastbourne.
Jelena Ostapenko27 years old, keeping pace with the best in the world as well as in singles, he was the surprise champion of Roland Garros 2017, when he trained with the now captain of the Spanish team Anabel Medina.
Lyudmyla Kichenok He dedicated himself exclusively to doubles, at the age of 32. At the Paris Olympic Games they lost in the quarterfinals to the Spanish team. Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribeswho forms a duo with his twin sister Nadiia.
Kichenok He shouldn’t trust his chances in New York too much. He announced, in his acceptance speech as champion, that he had to cancel the wedding, scheduled for Wednesday of the second week of the US Open, two days before taking the victory.
“Besides my boyfriend, who actually could be my husband, because we were supposed to get married on Wednesday, but it didn’t happen. We’re playing in the semifinals and it’s more important,” she said between laughs that spread throughout the audience.
One of the anecdotes of the US Open 2024, a funny moment.
Source: La Verdad
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