Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk paired with Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruze won the 1/4 doubles tournament of the Australian Open-2023.

In the quarterfinals, Kostyuk and Ruze defeated Australian Storm Hunter and Belgian Elise Mertens - 7:6, 2:6, 6:4.

Note that Mertens is the fifth racket of the world in doubles, and Sanders is the twelfth..

The match lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.. Kostyuk and Ruze fired 5 times, made 9 double faults and used 4 out of 12 breakpoints.

Kostyuk reached the 1/2 finals of doubles for the first time at the Australian Open. It is also her first Grand Slam semi-final..

20-year-old Marta Kostyuk is the third Ukrainian tennis player in the Australian Open doubles semi-final and the first after sisters Olena and Kateryna Bondarenko, who won the title in 2008.

In the 1/2 finals, Kostyuk and Ruze will play against the representatives of the Czech Republic Barbora Kreychikova and Ekaterina Sinyakova.

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Earlier it was reported that not a single representative of Ukraine managed to break into the fourth round of the Australian Open..