Marta Kostyuk overcomes Varvara Gracheva 6-3 7-5 in the final in Austin on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career. There was no handshake at the end of the match between Marta (Ukrainian) and Varvara (from Russia).
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Varvara Gracheva ATX Open – Austin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:31
At the end of the match, Kostyuk scored 69 points vs. Gracheva’s 63.
Kostyuk
The Ukrainian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 53% of the break points that she conquered (8/15).
Gracheva
On the other side, Gracheva was well focused in converting 83% of the break points that she procured points (5/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Gracheva is 4-2 for Marta.
This was the 1st career title for Kostyuk. (see list of titles and finals). This was The Russian’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk had a favorable start in this set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Ukrainian to win the set as Gracheva succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Marta maintained her focus to break Gracheva in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Marta failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Varvara had to surrender the 9th game (6-3) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.
The Ukrainian converted 41% of her break points (5/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Gracheva converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).
They played 76 points. Kostyuk was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Gracheva (41-35). Kostyuk surrendered 17 points on serve (11-17). On the losing side, Varvara conceded 30 points on serve (18-30).
Kostyuk won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Marta broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Gracheva was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Kostyuk was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40).
They played 56 points. This set was so close that, Kostyuk won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Marta lost 11 points on serve (13-11). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
