Together with Katarzyna Kawa from Poland, Marta confidently beat the duet Maria – Rus
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk continued victorious let on Australian Open 2024now – in doubles. In tandem with Katarzyna Kawa (Poland), the Ukrainian easily defeated the German-Dutch duo Tatiana Maria / Arancha Rus.
The fight lasted exactly an hour. Kostyuk and Kawa gave up only two games to their opponents in two sets, winning the first game dry. At the same time, Marta and Katarzyna converted 6 out of 12 break points, and also won 73% of the points on their first serve.
It can be said that Kostyuk indirectly took revenge on Arantxa Rus for the defeat that she inflicted on another Ukrainian, Angelina Kalinina, in the first round of the Australian Open singles.
Let us remind you that earlier Kostyuk successfully started in the singles bracket of the Australian major, defeating US representative Claire Liu (6:3, 4:6, 6:1). In the second round she will play against the 25th seeded event – Elise Mertens from Belgium.
Tomorrow, January 17, four more representatives of Ukraine will start in the doubles at the Australian Open 2024 – Angelina Kalilina, sisters Kichenok and Denis Molchanov.
- Australian Open 2024. Women. Doubles. First round
Katarzyna Kawa / Marta Kostiuk (Poland / Ukraine) — Tatiana Maria / Arancha Rus (Germany / Netherlands) – 2:0 (6:0, 6:2)
Source: Sportarena
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