Another Ukrainian, Angelina Kalinina, stopped in the semifinals of the competition in Austin.
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk reached the final of the WTA 500 tournament in American San Diego.
21-year-old native of Kiev (No. 34 WTA) in the semi-finals she won a strong-willed victory over the first seeded American Jessica Pegula (No. 5 WTA) at the tournament – 7:6, 6:1.
The fight lasted 1 hour 37 minutes. Kostyuk lost in the first set with a score of 1:5, but managed to bounce back and snatched victory in the tiebreaker. And in the second game, the Ukrainian gave only one game to her opponent.
Review of the match Kostyuk – Pegula
In the final, Marta will fight with the British Katie Boulter (No. 49 WTA), who in the other semi-final defeated the American Emma Navarro (No. 26 WTA) with a score of 6:3, 6:1.
Kostyuk in will play in the final of a WTA tournament for the second time in his career. Last year, she won her debut title at the WTA 250 competition in Austin.
We would like to add that another Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina failed to reach the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Austin (USA) .
In the semi-finals, the 27-year-old native of Novaya Kakhovka (No. 35 WTA) lost to Chinese Wang Xiyu (No. 64 WTA) with a score of 3:6, 6:7.
