<p>New York: 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.</p><p>The win marked the first women's Grand Slam doubles title for former French Open singles champion Ostapenko and Kichenok, who also reached the final together at this year's Australian Open.</p><p>"We are a really great team and I think it was just an amazing two weeks," Ostapenko said during the on-court trophy presentation.</p><p>"We didn't expect anything, we were just playing better and better every match, we didn't lose one set, so it was a really good tournament."</p>.US Open 2024 | Sabalenka survives Navarro test to reach final. <p>Ostapenko and Kichenok broke in the second game for an early advantage and, after the Chinese-French pairing got the set back on serve, had a massive hold in an eight-deuce game during which they fought off five break points for a 5-4 lead.</p><p>From there, Zhang was unable to keep the stanza alive and ultimately gifted the frame to her seventh-seeded opponents with a double-fault on the second set point.</p><p>In the second set, Zhang and Mladenovic broke early for a 2-0 lead but Ostapenko and Kichenok broke the Chinese for a third time to reach 3-3 and broke the Frenchwoman at love to reach 5-3 before Ostapenko closed out the match on her serve.</p><p>"I still have goosebumps after match point. It feels amazing," said Kichenok, who now has two Grand Slam titles after winning her first at the Wimbledon mixed doubles event in 2023.</p><p>"I'm blessed to have such partner by my side on the court. Thanks for carrying me these two weeks." </p>
<p>New York: 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.</p><p>The win marked the first women's Grand Slam doubles title for former French Open singles champion Ostapenko and Kichenok, who also reached the final together at this year's Australian Open.</p><p>"We are a really great team and I think it was just an amazing two weeks," Ostapenko said during the on-court trophy presentation.</p><p>"We didn't expect anything, we were just playing better and better every match, we didn't lose one set, so it was a really good tournament."</p>.US Open 2024 | Sabalenka survives Navarro test to reach final. <p>Ostapenko and Kichenok broke in the second game for an early advantage and, after the Chinese-French pairing got the set back on serve, had a massive hold in an eight-deuce game during which they fought off five break points for a 5-4 lead.</p><p>From there, Zhang was unable to keep the stanza alive and ultimately gifted the frame to her seventh-seeded opponents with a double-fault on the second set point.</p><p>In the second set, Zhang and Mladenovic broke early for a 2-0 lead but Ostapenko and Kichenok broke the Chinese for a third time to reach 3-3 and broke the Frenchwoman at love to reach 5-3 before Ostapenko closed out the match on her serve.</p><p>"I still have goosebumps after match point. It feels amazing," said Kichenok, who now has two Grand Slam titles after winning her first at the Wimbledon mixed doubles event in 2023.</p><p>"I'm blessed to have such partner by my side on the court. Thanks for carrying me these two weeks." </p>