Kostyuk Wins All-Ukraine Duel to Reach French Open Semis
Kostyuk dedicated the victory to Ukrainians after recovering from a second-set dip and closing out the match in three sets.
- On Tuesday, Marta Kostyuk reached her first Grand Slam semi-final, defeating compatriot Elina Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-2 at the French Open in Paris.
- Dedicating her victory to the Ukrainian people following a 'difficult night in Kyiv,' Kostyuk steadied her play after a second-set lapse to secure the emotional win.
- Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva charged into the semi-finals on Tuesday, defeating Sorana Cirstea 6-0 6-3 in 56 minutes under the roof at Court Philippe Chatrier.
- Reflecting on last year's tearful quarter-final exit at Roland Garros, Andreeva said she felt more mature handling crowd pressure, crediting her breakthrough to destiny.
- Kostyuk and Andreeva will meet in the semi-finals following two previous encounters this year, with the Ukrainian winning both matches in straight sets.
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Marta Kostyuk Will Not Break
The morning of her first round-match at Roland-Garros, Marta Kostyuk learned that a Russian missile attack had killed four people in her native Kyiv, Ukraine, dangerously near her parents' house. "Most of the morning I felt sick …if it was 100 metres closer, I probably wouldn’t have a mom and a sister today," Kostyuk said after her comfortable win against Russian-born Oksana Selekhmeteva. Compartmentalization sometimes impresses as much as any a…
If Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina respectfully hugged each other after the quarterfinals, the atmosphere will certainly be significantly more tense in tomorrow's semifinals.
At Roland Garros, Marta's words excited after the victory against her fellow countryman Svitolina. The double blue in semi-finals
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