No ring, but a trophy: Kichenok postpones wedding, then wins US Open women’s doubles with Ostapenko
Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, left, and Lyudmyla KIchenok, of Ukraine, wave to the crowd after defeating Kristina Mladenovic, of France, and Zhang Shuai, of China, in the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Kirsty Wigglesworth]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok have won the U.S. Open women’s doubles championship for their first major title as a team. They beat Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-3 on Friday. The No. 7 seeds began the season with a loss in the Australian Open final but were too good in Flushing Meadows, where they didn’t drop a set. If was the fifth title together overall for Ostapenko, a Latvian who won the 2017 French Open in singles, and Kichenok, who dedicated the victory to her home country of Ukraine.
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Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, right, hugs Lyudmyla KIchenok, of Ukraine, after defeating Kristina Mladenovic, of France, and Zhang Shuai, of China, in the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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