The first of the three Ukrainian tennis players, who reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open tennis championship, continues. Marta Kostyuk beat the "neutral" Russian Maria Timofeeva and advances to the 1/4.
The match for the quarterfinals lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. The Ukrainian defeated Timofeeva with a score of 6:2, 6:1.
Now Kostyuk faces a match for the semi-finals with the fourth racket of the world, the current champion of the US Open — Cory Goff from the USA.
- The Australian Open runs from January 14 to 28. There are currently two more Ukrainian women in the 1/8 finals — the first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastremska.