“Martha in two sets confidently passed Anastasia Potapov and then play with Arina Sobolenko”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the fourth round, a Ukrainian in two sets defeated Anastasia Potapov (WTA 39) in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
WTA 1000 Madrid. Soil. 1/8 finals
Martha Kostyuk (Ukraine) [24] – Anastasia Potapova – 6: 3, 6: 2
In the fifth game of the second party Kostyuk at the expense of 4: 0 fell and combed her knee. It took about 10 minutes of medical time office to stop the blood.
For the match, Martha gave her own serving (after a medical) and made five breaks.
Kostyuk and Potapova conducted the fourth face confrontation. Martha leveled the score, 2: 2.
The next rival Kostyuk will be the first racket of the world, Arina Sobolenko, who had previously knocked Petton Sterns. Martha played in her career twice against Sobolenko (Dubai-2022 and Rolan Harros 2023) and suffered two defeats.
Kostyuk became the second representative of Ukraine, who managed to reach the quarterfinals of the thousands in the capital of Spain. Earlier, Elina Svitolina, who in her match of the fourth circle was overcome by Maria Sakkari.
Marty in Madrid, in addition to Potapova, also passed Emma Radukan and Veronica Kudermetov.