The Ukrainian gave up only five games to her opponent in today’s match
First racket Ukraine Marta Kostyuk I played my first round match today Wimbledon 2024The Ukrainian’s opponent was a 27-year-old representative of Slovakia Rebecca Shramkova.
The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. In the first set, the game was going with the advantage of Kostyuk – Marta was able to make one break and take the opening set with the final score of 6:3.
In the second set, the Ukrainian’s advantage on the court only increased – Kostyuk confidently took her serve, but made two breaks. As a result, Marta won the second set with a score of 6:2.
In the second round of Wimbledon 2024, Marta Kostyuk will face the winner of the pair Daria Saville (Australia) – Payton Stearns (USA).
Today, two Ukrainians have already played at Wimbledon 2024: Lesia Tsurenko lost to Varvara Gracheva, and Dayana Yastremska beat Nadia Podoroska. Another Ukrainian will also start in the main draw of the tournament today: Yulia Starodubtseva will face Belgian representative Alison van Uytvanck.
The British Grand Slam tournament will be held from July 1 to 14. In last year’s Wimbledon, the best among Ukrainians was Elina Svitolina, who reached the semi-finals.
- Wimbledon Women’s Main Draw First Round
Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) — Rebecca Sramkova (Slovakia) — 2:0 (6:3, 6:2)
Source: Sportarena
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