Marta Kostyuk downs Saisai Zheng 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Kostyuk is going to play against Varvara Gracheva in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kostyuk's Record

Kostyuk added to her prize money € 29,000 after conquering this match. She has won already € 113,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Marta will add € 57,000 to her earnings to get in total € 170,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Zheng
6-3 6-4
1h:39
77
77
Total points
65
65
29
29
Winners
23
23
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
28
28
Unforced
24
24
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
16/23
16/23
Net Approaches
15/26
15/26
70%
70%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
64%
64%
62%
62%
1st won
56%
56%
29/47
29/47
1st won
23/41
23/41
52%
52%
2nd won
39%
39%
16/31
16/31
2nd won
9/23
9/23
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
2/7
2/7
67%
67%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 77 points vs. Saisai’s 65.

Kostyuk

The Ukrainian was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).

Zheng

On the other side, Zheng was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kostyuk and Zheng is 2-0 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Varvara Gracheva – stats

Kostyuk will fight against Gracheva in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Marta Kostyuk and Varvara Gracheva play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kostyuk won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in W60 Cairo back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

Kostyuk conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Kostyuk to win the set since the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Marta kept her focus to break Zheng in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

They contested 68 points. Marta was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Zheng (38-30). The Ukrainian dropped 20 points on serve (26-20). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

Kostyuk took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Marta to win the set as Zheng managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Marta kept her focus to break the Chinese in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Kostyuk converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 74 points. Marta conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Zheng (39-35). The Ukrainian lost 13 points on serve (19-13). on the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).

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