“I haven’t changed about the war and everything that’s going on, on tour,” she told Reuters. Jessica Pegula stormed through to the fourth round of Australian Open 2023 with a commanding 6-0 6-2 performance over Marta Kostyuk on Margaret Court Arena. În cealalt semifinal de dublu feminin, americancele Jessica Pegula i Coco Gauff, favorite 2, au fost eliminate de ctre japonezele Ena Shibahara i Shuko Aoyama, scor 6-2, 7-6 (7). The 20-year-old Kyiv native generated headlines last year when she refused the customary handshake at the net with former world number one Victoria Azarenka after the Belarusian beat her at the US Open.īelarus is being used as a key staging ground for Russia’s war in Ukraine, which Moscow terms a “special operation.”Īfter winning her first match at the Australian Open on Monday, upsetting 28th seeded American Amanda Anisimova, Kostyuk said she would snub handshakes with any Russian or Belarusian opponent who had not openly condemned the invasion. Pentru parcursul de la Australian Open 2023, Gabriela Ruse i Marta Kostyuk au primit 144.900 de dolari i 780 de puncte în clasamentul WTA la dublu. 391, and won a 10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team. Australian Open Roland-Garros Wimbledon US Open All Competitions.
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As Russian missiles continue to pound her country, Ukraine’s number two tennis player Marta Kostyuk says she will not shake hands with tour rivals from Russia and Belarus who she feels have not done enough to speak out against the invasion. Marta is the daughter of Oleh Kostyuk and his wife, Talina Beiko.Her father was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv her mother was a professional tennis player who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. When Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk created history at Melbourne Park five years ago, it seemed a matter of course that she would one day feature regularly in front of sold-out stadiums. MADRID, Spain - For 16-year-old Marta Kostyuk, the 2018 Australian Open feels like a lifetime ago.
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