Marta Kostyuk allowed her opponent to make a comeback.
Marta Kostyuk / photo by REUTERS
Ukrainian tennis player Martha Kostiuk (No. 50 WTA) in a bitter struggle lost to American Claire Liu (No. 94 WTA) at the start of the WTA 250 tournament in Melbourne, Australia.
19-year-old Martha won the first set, but then 21-year-old rival from the United States was able to celebrate the victory in a strong-willed manner. The fight lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.
Martha Kostyuk (Ukraine) – Claire Liu (USA) – 6: 4, 4: 6, 3: 6
In the 1/8 finals, Claire Liu will play against Spaniard Nuria Parrisas-Diaz (No. 66 WTA).
In the first round of the doubles competition, Kostyuk, in tandem with the Russian Anna Kalinskaya, was to play against the duet Irina Begu / Nina Stoyanovic (Romania / Serbia). But due to Kalinskaya’s injury, the couple withdrew from the tournament in Melbourne.
Recall that Elina Svitolina also began 2022 with an unfortunate defeat for a Russian woman from the second hundred in the world ranking.
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