Ukraine's Marta Kostiuk defeats world’s 8th best tennis player at 2024 Olympics quarterfinals

Marta Kostiuk (WTA rank No.19), a Ukrainian tennis player, defeated Greece's Maria Sakkari (ranked 8) in the 2024 Olympics' round of the last 16.  Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company Details: The match lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes, ending with the scores 4-6, 7-6 (5), and 6-4.

The 22-year-old from Kyiv dominated the first set, winning three games in a row, but then allowed Maria to take the lead.

The first game ended with a score of 4-6. Tennis players put on a decent show in the second set, with lost innings and continuous "swings." Such a game resulted in a natural tiebreak, in which Kostiuk proved to be stronger. The third set resembled the previous one.

With a 5-4 lead, Kostiuk served for the match, but she couldn't handle the jitters. Yet she dominated the next game, coming out on top. 

Marta remained Ukraine's sole representative in singles: in the third round, Elina Svitolina lost to this year's Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejcikova. Kostiuk will face Croatian Donna Vekic in the quarterfinals, after defeating the world's second-ranked player Coco Gauff in a contentious match.

Marta Kostiuk also currently competes in doubles at the Olympics, alongside Daiana Yastremska.

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