Ukrainians Kostyuk and Kichenok confidently won the starting doubles fights at Wimledon

30 June 2022, 13:09 | Sports 
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So, in the first round of the competition, Kostyuk, paired with Teresa Martintsova from the Czech Republic, defeated American opponents Madison Brengle and Lauren Davis in two sets..

For the match, which ended with a score of 6:3, 6:4, Kostyuk and Martintsova served two aces and converted three out of eight break points.

On July 1, Marta, paired with Pole Lukasz Kubot, will fight the second round of Wimbledon in the mixed doubles.;

In singles, Kostyuk stopped participating, losing in the 1/16 finals to Chinese Zhang Shuai (No. 41 WTA) - 6:7 (6), 2:6.

As for Kichenki, she, in a duet with Romanian Raluka-Ioana Olaru, dealt with Valentina Grammatikopoulu from Greece and Pengtarn Plipuek from Thailand - 6:2, 6:3. In the second round, a Ukrainian with a Romanian will play against the British couple Alisha Barnett and Olivia Nichols.

Kichenok and Olara play together for the second time at Wimbledon. Last year, tennis players reached the third round of the competition.

We add that only Lesya Tsurenko from Ukraine continues to perform at Wimbledon in singles..

Recall that Wimbledon became the first international tennis tournament to ban Russians and Belarusians from participating in individual competitions.. The tournament started on June 27th and will run until July 10th..

Ranking points will not be awarded for performances at Wimbledon this year. This decision was made by international tennis organizations - ATP, WTA and ITF, standing in defense of the suspended tennis players of the aggressor countries.

Источник: ТСН.ua