Marta Kostyuk upsets Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 7-65 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Kostyuk will try to keep the momentum against Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Ukrainian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Kostyuk converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Sevastova was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Ukrainian won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Ukrainian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Anastasija won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 7th (5-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Marta was unable to convert any of the 7 conquered break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Marta saved 3 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 91 points. Kostyuk was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Sevastova (50-41). The Ukrainian surrendered 6 points on serve (28-6). On the losing side, Anastasija conceded 22 points on serve (35-22).
The Ukrainian will add to her prize money $ 63,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 163,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kostyuk will add $ 87,000 to her earnings to earn $ 250,000 in total.
Match Statistics
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Sevastova is 1-0 for Marta.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasija Sevastova U.S. Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Kostyuk will come up against Osaka in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Naomi Osaka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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