The first racket of Ukraine Marta Kostyuk (No. 21 WTA) was unable to reach the semifinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha (Qatar). In the quarterfinals, the 22-year-old native of Kyiv was defeated by the American Amanda Anisimova (No. 41 WTA). The intense three -segment match lasted 2 hours 30 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 4, 5: 7, 4: 6. It was the third full -time meeting of tennis players. Before that, Kostyuk won Anisimov twice, including Australian Open-2023. We add that Kostyuk started at competitions in a doha with a victory over Zeynep Sonmes from Turkey (6: 3, 6: 3), after which in the second round, sensationally beat the third racket of the world American Corey Gauff (6: 2, 7: 5), and in.