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Ukrainian tennis participant Lyudmyla Kichenok did not get the ring, however she did get the fairytale ending.
Kichenok and her girls’s doubles accomplice, Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, had been topped US Open champions on Friday after defeating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai in three units.
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia (L) and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine kiss the championship trophy after defeating Kristina Mladenovic of France and Zhang Shuai of China within the girls’s doubles closing of the US Open tennis championship, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP picture/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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The duo didn’t lose a single set all through the event, however Kichenok needed to miss an vital appointment earlier this week.
“My boyfriend could possibly be (my) husband as a result of we had been presupposed to get married on Wednesday, however it did not occur,” she mentioned of Stas Khmarskiy, Ostapenko’s coach. “We truly had an appointment to get married on Wednesday, however solely as a result of I used to be enjoying within the semifinals (we could not.)”
Ostapenko provides Kichenok a excessive 5 after scoring some extent towards Mladenovic and Zhang through the US Open girls’s doubles closing. (AP picture/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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“I believe it is a good excuse to postpone it somewhat longer,” Ostapenko added.
Kichenok and Ostapenko took a 4-1 lead within the first set earlier than Mladenovic and Zhang got here again to stage the rating at 4-4. Kichenok and Ostapenko held on to take the primary set 6-2 earlier than shedding two video games to open the second set.
The duo climbed again to win the title 6-4, 6-3.
Ostapenko and Kicheno maintain the championship trophy after profitable the ladies’s doubles closing of the US Open tennis championship. (AP picture/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Kichenok was in a position to have a good time somewhat after the match with a glass of champagne. American tennis participant Jessica Pegula, who will compete within the girls’s singles closing on Saturday, despatched Kichenok a bottle and a heartwarming letter, which she shared on her Instagram tales.
“I noticed you had been getting married on Wednesday,” the observe learn. “Congratulations on a fantastic event and luxuriate in your wedding ceremony!”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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Lyudmyla Kichenok postpones wedding ceremony plans on street to US Open doubles title: ‘A great excuse’
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