Lyudmyla Kichenok postpones wedding plans en route to US Open doubles title: 'A good excuse'

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Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok didn’t get the ring, but she did get the fairytale ending. 

Kichenok and her women's doubles partner, Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, were crowned U.S. Open champions after they defeated Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai in straight sets on Friday. 

Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, left, and Lyudmyla KIchenok, of Ukraine, kiss the championship trophy after defeating Kristina Mladenovic, of France, and Zhang Shuai, of China, in the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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The duo didn’t drop a single set the entire tournament, but Kichenok did have to drop one pretty important appointment earlier this week. 

"My boyfriend could be [my] husband actually, because we were supposed to get married this Wednesday but it didn’t happen," she said of Stas Khmarskiy, Ostapenko’s coach. "We had actually an appointment to get married this Wednesday, but just because I was playing in the semifinals [we couldn’t.]"

Ostapenko high-fives KIchenok after scoring a point against Mladenovic and Zhang during the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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"I think it's a good excuse to postpone it a bit," Ostapenko added. 

Kichenok and Ostapenko took a 4-1 lead in the first set before Mladenovic and Zhang rallied back to tie it at 4-all. Kichenok and Ostapenko would hang on to take the first 6-2, before dropping two games to open the