“Marta and Yelena-Gabriela Ruse defeated the sixth-seeded Mertens and Peres in two sets”, — write: sport.ua
In the round of 16, the Ukrainian woman and her partner Yelena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) beat the sixth seeded tandem in two sets Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Ellen Perez (Australia) in 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Australian Open 2025. Pairs. Round of 16
Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) / Yelena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) – Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Ellen Peres (Australia) – 6:4, 6:4
Before the start of the match, Elise and Ellen were considered the favorites of the confrontation. In the doubles ranking, Mertens is on the 7th position, and Peres is on the 13th.
This was the first meeting of tandems. Kostyuk and Ruse are playing in the same duo for the second time on the Melbourne courts. In 2023, they reached the semi-finals.
In the 3rd round of the major, Marta and Yelena-Gabriela will play against Guo Hanyu (China) and Alexandra Panova, seeded at the 12th number.
Kostiuk ended her singles performance a day earlier, losing to Paola Badosi in the 3rd round. On January 17, Marta from Ruse also started in doubles, beating Australians Destani Ayava and Maddison Inglis.
Marta became the second Ukrainian woman to reach the 1/8 finals of the doubles tournament in Melbourne after Ludmila Kichenok. Ukraine will also continue to be represented by Nadiya Kichenok and Angelina Kalinina.
Photo gallery of the match Kostyuk / Ruse – Mertens / Peres
