For a place in the semi-finals, Marta will play against another tennis player from a terrorist state.
p>Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells (USA).
In the 1/8 finals, the 21-year-old native Kieva (No. 32 WTA) won a convincing victory over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (No. 24 WTA), who, due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, was allowed to compete only in a neutral status.
The match lasted 1 hour 19 minutes and ended with the triumph of the Ukrainian with a score of 6:4, 6:1.
During the entire match, Marta never served through, made 3 double faults and used 5 out of 8 break points.
Note that reaching the quarterfinals is the best result in Kostyuk’s career at WTA 1000 tournaments.
For a ticket to the semifinals, Kostyuk will play against another tennis player from the state -terrorist with neutral status Anastasia Potapova (No. 33 WTA)
Recall that Kostyuk is the only Ukrainian who continues to perform in Indian Wells. The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina was eliminated in the 1/16 finals, having been defeated by American Emma Navarro.
