on March in a duel with two tastes ceded to the American Sofia Kenin. <
the first racket of Ukraine Marta Kostyuk (No. 21 wta) could not break into the third round at the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai (UAE).
In the second round of competitions The 22-year-old native of Kyiv lost to the American Sofia Kenin (No. 56 WTA), which is the champion Australian Open-2020.
an extremely stressful duel lasted 2 hours 55 minutes. Martha won the first set with a score of 7: 5, but lost the next two batches in the Thai breaks-6: 7, 6: 7.
This was the first full-time meeting of tennis players. Before that, they never intersected on the court.
previously reported that the Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya defeated “Neutral” Russian Anastasia Potapova and went into the third round of the tournament in Dubai.
Also, Elina Svitolina continues to represent Ukraine at these competitions, who will hold its second round match against Clara Tauson from Denmark on the evening of February 18.