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US Open bride-to-be cancels wedding, wins Grand Slam title
US Open bride-to-be cancels wedding, wins Grand Slam title / Photo: Luke Hales - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP

US Open bride-to-be cancels wedding, wins Grand Slam title

Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok became a Grand Slam champion at the US Open on Friday, just two days after cancelling her wedding.

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Kichenok, 32, teamed up with Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko to beat Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-3 in the women's doubles final.

On Wednesday, she had been planning to marry boyfriend Stas Khmarsky who is also Ostapenko's coach.

But a run to the championship match for the seventh seeds meant the ceremony was temporarily shelved.

"My boyfriend and I were supposed to get married on Wednesday but it didn't happen," said Kickenok.

"We actually had the appointment but I was playing the semi-finals."

T.Vitorino--PC