Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk beat Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 7-5 to advance to the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters, Thursday (14/3).
Kostyuk appeared dominant in the first set to win in just 22 minutes.
The second set looked to be going the same way as the Ukrainian went 3-0 up before Potapova managed to take a game.
Potapova then broke Kostyuk’s serve so the second set looked like it would be a tight affair.
“Scores of 6-0 and 3-0 are some of the worst scores in the world,” said Kostyuk, who led 5-3 in the second set before his serve was broken again.
However, Kostyuk finally ended the match by breaking Potapova’s serve to advance to the semifinals of her first 1000 level tournament.
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“Today, I played against the wind. Besides, Anastasia was also a tough opponent,” said Kostyuk, who reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at this year’s Australian Open.
“I felt in the second set I played more waiting. He made a lot of unforced errors at the start of the second set but he managed to recover. Even so, I finally won,” he continued.
In the semifinals of the Indian Wells Mastres, Kostyuk will face the winner of the match between world number one Iga Swiatek and Caroline Wozniacki. (AFP/Z-1)
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