Lyudmyla Kichenok’s time in New York for the US Open was supposed to be filled with tennis and capped off by her marriage to her partner, Stas Kumarsky, on the Wednesday of the second week of the grand slam.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [Thursday 12 September] - The WTA announced today that Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko have become the first doubles team

Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok revealed Friday that she had to postpone her wedding plans on Wednesday as she was competing for a spot in the U.S. Open women's doubles final.

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok won the women's doubles crown at the U.S. Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Chinese-French pairing Zhang Shaui and Kristina Mladenovic on Friday.

A run to the U.S. Open women's doubles championship forced a change of plans. Kichenok and Ostapenko won the title Friday for their first major as a team, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai 6-4,

Lyudmyla Kichenok wins the US Open women's doubles title with Jelena Ostapenko - just two days after cancelling her wedding to continue competing in New York.

Newly-crowned U.S. Open women's doubles champion Lyudmyla Kichenok had plans to get married this week but revealed on Friday that her unexpected appearance in the latter stages of the Grand Slam forced a postponement.