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Ukraine’s third racket Marta Kostyuk (# 99 WTA) continues to win the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi.
The 18-year-old Ukrainian defeated Chinese Taipei’s Xie Shuwei (No. 67 WTA) in the second round match.
Abu Dhabi. Second circle
Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) – Xie Shuwei (Chinese Taipei) – 6: 3, 6: 7 (4), 6: 3
In the second round, Kostyuk did not play as passively as in the first. Xie Shuwei is a rival who must be kept under constant pressure, otherwise she will surpass any tennis player in terms of accuracy. But the Chinese Taipei representative lacks power and speed, so she needs to be hit.
Martha got down to business right away, playing offense with frequent trips to the net. It paid off and the Ukrainian went ahead 2-0. But the third game started with two doubles from Kostyuk, his rival managed to break the scoreboard. This did not break the Ukrainian woman and she continued to play with the dominant style. In the first set we managed to make another break, which allowed us to win the game. The setball was not held at the reception, but everything went well on his serve.
The second batch started off promisingly. Martha was on her way to victory, winning game after game. But from a score of 5: 1, there was an incomprehensible emotional failure. Kostyuk began to lose point by point, game after game, very concerned about each failure. When he yelled, “Mom, I don’t know what to do!”, It became somewhat uncomfortable. Absolute confidence in victory quickly faded. Xie Shuwei managed to level the score and only after that did Martha win the sixth game. Once again, he was left to successfully apply for the match, but another important game was lost to zero. The tie-break ended very predictably not in our favor.
It seemed that in the third game, with such an emotional state, there would be, if not hitting the baby, at least zero chance of success. And not everything started anything rosy. Marta couldn’t find her game in any way and was 1: 3 inferior. Suddenly, for the first time in six attempts, I managed to defend my serve and it became a lot easier. Kostyuk returned to the game, which quickly affected the outcome. Until the end of the meeting, Xie Shuwei did not win any more games, as he had no chance to catch up on any of them.
Martha has reconfirmed her status as drama queen, but this time it all ended well. It is suspected that the experience of this fight will be of great benefit to her in the future. Learning to rally into a fist at a high level after such ridiculous failures is worth a lot. Also, if you come across a good mesh.
In the next round, Kostyuk will face Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia (No. 87 WTA).
Also today Elina Svitolina will play the round of 16 match.
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