Ukrainian tennis player Liudmyla Kichenok won the US Open in a pair with Latvian athlete Jelena Ostapenko. This is reported by Komersant ukrainskyi
with reference to the result of the match.
In the final of the tournament, the Ukrainian tennis player and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko defeated the French-Chinese tandem Mladenovic/Zhang (6:4, 6:3).
The doubles final lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Ukrainian and Latvian made 1 service ace, committed 7 double faults and used 4/5 break points.
Kichenok is also the first tennis player in the history of Ukraine to reach the finals at all four Grand Slams.
This is the second time in history that Ukraine has won the doubles Grand Slam, the first time being at the 2008 Australian Open, won by Alyona and Kateryna Bondarenko.