Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk reached the quarterfinals of the 2024 Australian Open with a convincing victory over Russia’s Maria Timofeeva, a player who impressed with the results obtained at the Melbourne competition.

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Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated Russian Maria Timofeeva

Timofeeva (20 years old), who is ranked 170th in the world, already has six victories at the first Grand Slam of the year. In qualifying, the Russian beat Daria Astakhova (212 WTA), Astra Sharma (131 WTA) and Priscilla Khon (205 WTA), and then Alize Kornet (110 WTA), Caroline Wozniacki (252 WTA, 2018 champion) and Beatrice Haddad. Maya (favorite 10).

Maria could not make another surprise and was eliminated by Marta Kostiuk (37 WTA), score 6-2, 6-1.

Know:

• From the beginning of the war, Kostyuk criticized the presence of players from Russia and Belarus on the WTA circuit and refused to shake hands with opponents from these countries. In the previous round, Marta defeated Russian Elina Avanesyan (74 WTA).

• Marta Kostiuk, who reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time, has a very difficult mission: she will meet Coco Gauf (4th favorite / US Open 2023 champion).

• In 2017, Marta Kostiuk won the junior tournament at the Australian Open, where Iga Sviatek, Bianca Andreescu and Olena Rybakina also played.

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The result of the match Marta Kostyuk – Maria Timofeeva:

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning singles champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.

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