Ukrainian ends her participation in the tournament
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk In an incredible match, she lost to a Croatian Donna Vekic in the quarterfinals of the women’s tennis tournament Olympics 2024.
The tennis players spent almost three hours on the court. The Croatian tennis player won the first set, but the Ukrainian managed to take revenge in the second.
All the main events in the match took place in the third set. With the score 3:3, Kostyuk saved three breakpoints, but on the fourth attempt, Vekic won and took the lead. The Ukrainian managed to even the score, and the fate of the set and the entire match was decided by the tennis players in a tie-break.
Marta was leading 4:0 in the tie-break, but lost all advantage. On the third attempt, the Croatian tennis player managed to convert the match point and reached the semi-finals of the tennis tournament.
Marta remained the only Ukrainian in the singles draw of the Olympic Games in Paris. Elina Svitolina dropped out at the 1/8 final stage. Dayana Yastremska lost in the early rounds of the tournament, and Angelina Kalinina was forced to withdraw from the competition due to illness.
- Olympic Games 2024. Women. Singles. Quarter finals
Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine, 12) — Donna Vekic (Croatia, 13) — 1:2 (4:6, 6:2, 6:7 (8))
Source: Sportarena
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