For the first time in history! Ukrainian tennis player wins Wimbledon 2023

Famous Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok became the Wimbledon 2023 mixed doubles champion. Together with her partner Mate Pavic from Croatia, the 31-year-old Dnipro native defeated the duo of Joran Fliegen (Belgium) / Xu Yifan (China) 6-4, 5-7 (9-11), 6-3.

It is worth noting that this is the first time in the history of our country that a Ukrainian woman has won the Wimbledon adult mixed doubles final. The last time Ukraine won a Grand Slam title was 15 years ago, when Kateryna and Olena Bondarenko defeated Azarenka/Peyer in the final of the 2008 Australian Open.

The key in the first set of the final in London was the 7th game, where the Ukrainian-Croatian pair broke. The second game was an evenly contested affair that ended in a tiebreak. Lyudmyla and Pavic had a match ball, but they were unable to convert it.

It all came down to the third set, where at 4-3, our compatriot and her partner broke.

It will be recalled that in the semi-finals, Kichenok and Pavic defeated the British duo Johnny O'Mara/Olivia Nichols 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.

In the quarter-finals, the Ukrainian-Croatian duo, seeded seventh in the tournament, were stronger than the pair of Nicolas Mayu from France and Anna Danilina from Kazakhstan - 6-3, 6-4. It took Kichenok and Pavic 70 minutes to win.

As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, in the semifinals of the Wimbledon women's singles, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina lost to Czech Marketa Vondroušová.

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