Marta Kostyuk lost a straight-set match agaisnt Victoria Azarenka in the US Open 2nd round. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian teenager didn’t shine after losing the match after refusing the handshake to Vika. Azarenka is from Belarus, a country that has been helping Russia in its senseless invasion of Ukraine. However, Azarenka has always been extremely vocal against the war.
As reported by well-known journalist James Gray, Marta commented:
“I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do in the circumstances I’m in right now. We had a great match, don’t get me wrong. She’s a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete but that has nothing to do with her being a human being.”
Marta Kostyuk on the non-handshake: “I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do in the circumstances I’m in right now. We had a great match, don’t get me wrong. She’s a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete but that has nothing to do with her being a human being.”
— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) September 1, 2022
Marta Kostyuk in 2022
LLWWLWWLWW At the moment ranked no.65, Kostyuk played her last match on the 1st of September when she capitulated to world no.26 Victoria Azarenka 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open (draw).
This season Kostyuk has a compiled 23-15 record. Marta Kostyuk’s most significant result of this season was getting to the semifinal in Granby.
Azarenka at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2022
LLWWLWWLWW Now the world no.26, the Belarussian has managed to achieve a compiled 19-10 match record in 2022. Azarenka is playing at the moment at the U.S. Open where she overcame the world no.244 Ashlyn Krueger 6-1 4-6 6-2 and the world no.65 Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-3.
Azarenka won 21 titles in her career: 16 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Marta Kostyuk and Victoria Azarenka fought against each other only on 1 occasion. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Azarenka. When they played, Victoria Azarenka won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York (U.S. Open) on the 1st of September 2022.
