Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk (No. 36 WTA) defeated Maria Sakkari (No. 8 WTA) of Greece in the opening round match of Wimbledon 2023. The intense duel lasted 1 hour 57 minutes.. The 21-year-old from Kiev " During the time spent on the court, the Ukrainian woman completed 2 passes right through and made 2 double faults. Kostyuk defeated a tennis player from the top 10 WTA rankings for the first time in her career. Prior to that, she lost 14 times in matches with rivals from the top ten rating. Marta made it past the first round of the Wimbledon main draw for the third time in a row. She finished her previous two Grass Majors in the second round of the competition.. In the second round of Wimbledon-2023, Kostyuk's opponent will be the winner of the match between Alison Risk (USA) and Paula Badosa (Spain). Earlier, the first round of Wimbledon-2023 was overcome by two other Ukrainians - Elina Svitolina and Lesya Tsurenko. But the Ukrainian tennis player Ekaterina Beindl was unable to reach the second round of the Grand Slam tournament..

The first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina will play her opening match with Spaniard Jessica Bousas Maneiro tonight. Wimbledon 2023 main draw to run from July 3rd to 16th. Recall that this year Russians and Belarusians were allowed to Wimbledon in a neutral status, subject to a number of rules. Tennis players from Russia and Belarus, as well as their teams, had to sign a " Also, players receiving funding from aggressor countries were not allowed to participate in the tournament..