Former world No. 1 in doubles and nine-time Grand Slam champion Kristina Mladenovic is relishing the opportunity to compete at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, calling it one of the best tournaments of ...

Kichenok reacts to the backlash she received for not shaking Mladenovics hand after their Australian Open match.

Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok has explained why she refused to shake hands with French player Kristina Mladenovic at the Australian Open, stating that Mladenovic made a threatening remark ...

9 seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai sealed a ... to address her view of what happened in her and Zhang's on-court interview—and she placed blame squarely on the beaten team.

Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok explained her refusal to shake hands with French tennis player Kristina Mladenovic at the Australian Open tournament, stating that after accidentally hitting ...

The beaten tennis star has hit back after she was accused of bad sportsmanship during their fiery doubles clash.

French tennis star Kristina Mladenovic has taken a shot at opponent Lyudmyla Kichenok after an awkward ... I was like ‘OK, this is how the match is starting’,” Mladenovic said in her on-court ...

The John Caine Arena witnessed an early morning rift between France's Kristina Mladenovic and Lyudmyla ... reason behind the snub in the post-match interview. She claimed to have been greatly ...

Kristina Mladenovic and her partner Shuai Zhang reached the Australian Open women's doubles ... That was an awkward moment. In an on-court interview after the match, Mladenovic explained that she felt ...

Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok has claimed she was threatened by an opponent at the Australian Open. The doubles world number four partnered Chan Hao-ching in a fiery third-round defeat ...

MELBOURNE, Jan 23 — Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok accused France’s Kristina Mladenovic today of making a “very direct threat” against her during a testy women’s doubles clash at the Australian Open.