The Ukrainian Nadia Kichеnok and the Romanian Raluca Olaru snatched the victory out on the champions’ tie-break beating the top-seeds Americans Kaithlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria – 2/6, 6/3, 10-8. The match lasted 1 h 22 mins.
“It was a little bit tough at the beginning, yesterday we had our day-off and we couldn’t find our rhythm. We have to change our tactical plan and we were staying positive throughout the whole match”, – Nadiia Kichenok said after the match. “I was really enjoying playing Nadia. We have been trying to play together for a while and we finally made it. And look, we have a trophy. And I am really happy about it», – Raluca Olaru added.
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