Marta Kostyuk routs Maria Timofeeva 6-2 6-1 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday after playing an impressive match to clash against Cori Gauff in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2018, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 225,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 600,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Marta will add $ 390,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 990,000 in total.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Maria Timofeeva Australian Open – Melbourne
Kostyuk’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kostyuk scored 63 points vs. Timofeeva’s 40.
Kostyuk
Kostyuk was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Timofeeva
On the other side, Timofeeva wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Timofeeva is 1-0 for Marta.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Kostyuk will square off with Gauff in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Gauff won 6-3 5-7 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Timofeeva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Ukrainian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Maria in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Marta converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 48 points. Kostyuk was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Timofeeva (29-19). Kostyuk lost 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the net, Timofeeva conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Marta won the set after she broke Timofeeva in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Ukrainian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Timofeeva was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 51 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Timofeeva (32-19). Kostyuk dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H details and stats