Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk (No. 69 WTA) defeated the representative of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (No. 21 WTA) in the second round of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide, Australia.

The match lasted 2 hours 23 minutes and ended with the score - 6:7, 6:2, 6:3. During this time, Kostyuk filed right through 5 times, made 3 double faults and converted 4/9 break points.

In the quarterfinals, Kostyuk will play with the winner of the match Ons Jaber (WTA 2) from Tunisia and Romanian Sorana Kyrsti (WTA 45).

Note that Rybakina is a native of Moscow, and until 2018 she represented Russia.

This summer, 23-year-old Rybakina won the Wimbledon final Ons Jaber and became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion since 2011..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian tennis player won the second WTA doubles tournament of the season..