Marta Kostyuk surprises Laura Mair 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in the W25 Selva Gardena on Wednesday after playing a solid match to come up against Lea Boskovic in the quarter.
Live score progression and stats
Mair started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Marta was not done to come back to break Mair 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Italian was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Mair converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 44 points. Kostyuk was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Laura (29-15). The Ukrainian lost 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, Laura conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
Mair was broken 3 times and Kostyuk won the set 6-0.
The Ukrainian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 45 points. Marta conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Laura (30-15). Kostyuk lost 5 points on serve (14-5). In addition, on the other side, Mair conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kostyuk scored 57 points vs. Laura’s 28.
Kostyuk served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (24/32) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (5/9) on her second serve. Kostyuk was sharp when converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11). On the other side, the Italian had some problems converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Mair is 1-0 for Marta.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Lea Boskovic – stats
Kostyuk will compete against Boskovic in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Lea Boskovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in W25 Selva Gardena
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Indy De VroomeDe Vroome (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tena LukasLukas – Leonie KungKung (7-66 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Susan BandecchiBandecchi – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Federica Di SarraDi Sarra – Isabella ShinikovaShinikova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Dalila SpiteriSpiteri – Federica RossiRossi (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lea BoskovicBoskovic – Conny PerrinPerrin (7-64 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Laura MairMair (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Lea BoskovicBoskovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dalila SpiteriSpiteri – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Susan BandecchiBandecchi – Tena LukasLukas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Federica Di SarraDi Sarra – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H details and stats