Marta Kostyuk shocks Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Cluj on Friday after playing a marvellous match to come up against Simona Halep in the semifinal. The match lasted just 57 minutes.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Emma Raducanu Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marta scored 62 points vs. Emma’s 40.
Kostyuk
Marta was effective at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Raducanu
On the other side, Emma wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Raducanu is 1-0 for Marta.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Simona Halep – stats
Kostyuk will take on Halep in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Simona Halep play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 7-62 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in October 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk had a great start in this set after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 1st game (1-0). The Ukrainian reinforced her lead after breaking Emma in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Kostyuk was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 51 points. The Ukrainian won 7 more points than Raducanu (29-22). Marta lost 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Kostyuk was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Emma Raducanu in the 1st game (1-0). Marta improved her lead after breaking Raducanu in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
The Brit was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-1) – H2H details and stats