Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk made it to the third round of Wimbledon 2023. In the second round of the competition, the 21-year-old from Kiev (No. 36 WTA) beat Spaniard Paula Badosa (No. 35 WTA). The match lasted only 37 minutes. Ukrainian won the first set with a score of 6:2. During the break between games, Badosa took a medical time-out. In the second game, with the score 1:0 in favor of Marta, the Spanish tennis player refused to continue the meeting.. Note that Kostyuk for the first time in his career reached the third round of Wimbledon. She finished her previous two Grass Majors in the second round of the competition.. The next opponent of Kostyuk will be the winner of the pair Victoria Golubich (Switzerland) - Madison Keys (USA).

We add that at the start of the current Wimbledon tournament, Kostyuk made a stunning comeback and beat the eighth racket of the world Maria Sakkari from Greece. For Marta, this was the first victory in her career over a tennis player from the top 10 WTA rankings.. Kostyuk is the third Ukrainian who reached the third round of Wimbledon-2023. Earlier, Elina Svitolina and Lesya Tsurenko reached this stage of the competition. In turn, the first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina on July 7 will play her match of the second round against Bianca Andreescu from Canada.