The first racket of Ukraine Marta Kostyuk won her second victory at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
The Ukrainian defeated the host of the courts, Frenchwoman Clara Burel in two sets with a score of 7:6 (7:3), 6:2.
Kostyuk reached the 1/8 finals at the 2024 Olympics
The tennis players spent 2 hours and 3 minutes on the court, during which Marta had more winners (29 vs. 16) and made fewer unforced errors than her opponent (38-41).
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This was their first face-to-face meeting and quite a difficult one for the Ukrainian, because the host of the court was quite supported by her home crowd.
In the first set, the Ukrainian twice took the lead thanks to breaks, but each time the Frenchwoman managed to fight back. The winner of the first set was determined by a tie-break, in which Kostyuk gave her opponent only three points and won 7:3.
But the second set unfolded according to a different scenario. Kostyuk took the lead with two breaks, 5:1. However, Burel did not allow the Ukrainian to take another of her serves, so the tennis players finished the game with a score of 6:2 in favor of Kostyuk.
Marta's next opponent will be Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari. The match for reaching the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympic Games is scheduled for July 31 at 13:00, preliminarily.
Recall that Marta Kostyuk made her Olympic debut with a victory over Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun. She defeated the representative of New Zealand in two sets.
Yastremska ends her participation in the 2024 Olympic Games
Another Ukrainian, Dayana Yastremska, has ended her participation in the singles tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games.
In the second round of the competition, the Ukrainian lost to Colombian Camila Osorio with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 4:6.
It is worth noting that Yastremska began her second Games in her career with a strong-willed victory over Brazilian Laura Pigossi. Osorio beat the world's eleventh-ranked player Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia in the 1/32 finals of the Olympics.
Despite her elimination from the singles tournament, Yastremska will continue to play in pairs with Kostyuk at the Olympics. Their first opponents will be Poland's Magda Linett and Alicja Rosolska.
