Meanwhile, Kostyuk reached the Madrid second round, where she plays Emma Raducanu. It frightens them and they refer to this, they say, there are such laws, they also have families, and so on," Kostyuk said. They are very scared to think that there is some kind of criminal liability in Russia for 'spreading the fake news about the war,' as it is called there. Many players are not in this triangle that we are in. "It was strange to me, but she is not the only one who feels this way. When asked about the Wimbledon decision, Badosa suggested sports shouldn't be mixed with politics. Ukrainian Tennis ? ENG ApKostyuk on Badosa's comments
? Marta Kostyuk told BTU how the tennis world responded to the Ukrainian players' latest statement and her own views whether sport and politics should not be mixed as some players suggested? I realized I would no longer ask her about playing doubles together," Kostyuk told. Russian third seed Karen Khachanov saw off Italian Gianluca Mager 7-5, 6-3, while fourth seed Marin Cilic defeated Spain's Jaume Munar 7-6(6), 6-2.Ĭilic will next face the in-form Tommy Paul, who has won 12 of his past 14 matches, while Khachanov will play France's Arthur Rinderknech for a place in the semifinals.She said, 'let's try to play in Madrid, let's try somewhere else, but actually I don’t play doubles at all' Then I saw that she was playing doubles with Aryna Sabalenka in Miami and Stuttgart. Tournament organisers said later that Monfils retired due to a neck injury.Įarlier, local hope Thanasi Kokkinakis withstood a barrage that included 23 aces from American John Isner before sealing a 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-6(4) victory over the second seed to set up an all-Australian clash with Aleksandar Vukic in the last eight. Monteiro will play Corentin Moutet in his next match. In the men's event, Brazilian lucky loser Thiago Monteiro advanced to the quarterfinals after top seed Gael Monfils of France retired while 7-6(2), 3-6, 0-1 down. Prajnesh exits Australian Open qualifiers after second-round defeatįormer French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova surrendered a match point against unseeded Croatian Ana Konjuh who completed a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(3) victory in an epic Centre Court battle that lasted two hours and 21 minutes. The 19-year-old and her family were forced to flee from the Ukraine following the invasion in February and Ukrainian.
Open runner-up Keys hardly broke sweat in her 6-1, 6-3 demolition of Czech Tereza Martincova while Riske was equally ruthless as she powered past Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine by a similar scoreline.īrengle downed Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 6-2 while Davis was made to work hard by Jasmine Paolini before coming away with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win. Marta Kostyuk has once again slammed the Russian and Belarusian players on the ATP and WTA Tours for not speaking up against Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, saying they pretend like nothing is going on. Kostyuk raced to 5-3 in the second set and wasted three set points to allow Gauff to draw level, but dragged the clash into a decider when the third seed sent a forehand wide.Ī decisive break in the seventh game of the third set gave Gauff the upper hand again and she held her nerve to prevail.Įarlier, former U.S. Gauff, who pushed world number one Ash Barty before losing their second-round meeting in the Adelaide International 1 event last week, raced ahead 4-1 in the opening set against Kostyuk before grabbing the early lead in the match.
Madison Keys, Alison Riske, Madison Brengle and Lauren Davis also won their respective matches in the round of 16 earlier in the day to book their spots in the quarterfinals, which will take place on Thursday. Coco Gauff battled to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk at the Adelaide International 2 WTA tournament on Wednesday to join four other Americans in the quarterfinals.