Another Ukrainian, Angelina Kalinina, also strong-willedly made it to the semi-finals of the competition in Austin.
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk reached the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in American San Diego.
21-year-old native of Kiev (No. 34 WTA) in in the quarterfinals she defeated the “neutral” Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (No. 25 WTA).
The meeting lasted two hours and 14 minutes and ended with the victory of the Ukrainian over the athlete from a terrorist state with a score of 3:6, 6:4, 6: 3.
During the match, Marta completed 5 serves, made 10 double faults and used 5 out of 11 break points.
For reaching the final, Kostyuk will fight with the first seeded American at the tournament Jessica Pegula (No. 5 WTA).
In turn, another Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina made it to the semifinals of the WTA 250 tournament in Austin (USA).
In the quarterfinals, the 27-year-old native of Novaya Kakhovka (No. 35 WTA) won a strong-willed victory over the Frenchwoman Diane Parry (No. 62 WTA).
The fight lasted 2 hours 19 minutes and ended in the triumph of the Ukrainian with a score of 1:6, 6 :4, 6:2.
In the semifinals, Kalinina will play with Chinese Wang Xiyu (No. 64 WTA), who won a technical victory over American Danielle Collins (No. 48 WTA) in the quarter finals.