In the final of the prestigious Birmingham tournament, Kichenok and Ostapenko on June 19 were supposed to play with the duet Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Zhang Shuai (China).
However, the match never took place.. Chinese tennis player injured in today's singles final. Due to injuries, she refused to play in the doubles final, so the Ukrainian-Latvian pair automatically won..
Kichenok and Ostapenko win the doubles tournament together for the first time in their careers.
This season, the representatives of Ukraine and Latvia reached the final at the WTA 500 tournament in Dubai.
In general, for Lyudmila this victory was already the sixth in doubles, and for Elena - the fifth. Next week, the tandem Kichenok - Ostapenko will perform at the WTA 500 tournament in Eastbourne, UK.
Earlier, TSN Prosport reported that Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina was outraged by the admission of Russians and Belarusians to the US Open.