Amazing Marta Kostyuk mullers Rus in the 1st round to battle vs Watson at the Korea Open. HIGHLIGHTS – SEOUL RESULTS

KOREA OPEN - SEOUL DRAW AND RESULTS. Kostyuk obliterates Rus to square off with Heather Watson in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Arantxa Rus

Marta Kostyuk makes light work of Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Seoul on Monday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Heather Watson in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.

Kostyuk
Seoul
Kostyuk's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 3,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kostyuk will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Arantxa Rus Korea Open – Seoul

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Rus
Marta Kostyuk
6-3 6-1
1h:18
Arantxa Rus
67
67
Total points
53
53
17
17
Winners
23
23
25%
25%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
10
10
Double Faults
4
4
46%
46%
1st in
68%
68%
71%
71%
1st won
50%
50%
17/24
17/24
1st won
23/46
23/46
43%
43%
2nd won
32%
32%
12/28
12/28
2nd won
7/22
7/22
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
Total
2/5
2/5
43%
43%
Won
40%
40%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 67 points vs. Arantxa’s 53.

Kostyuk

The Ukrainian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Rus

On the other side, Arantxa had some problems converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Rus is 2-1 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Heather Watson – stats

Kostyuk will compete against Watson in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kostyuk won 6-73 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2018.

Marta Kostyuk Draw info

1st
Kostyuk
Rus
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kostyuk
Rus
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Seoul

  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (7-5 3-6 6-0)
  • Heather WatsonWatson – Jia-Jing LuLu (6-4 6-4)
  • Carol ZhaoZhao – Dayeon BackBack (6-4 6-1)
  • Yue YuanYuan – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (4-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Marta KostyukKostyuk – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-1)
  • Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)

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